Originally Posted by Brennan
Yes, we enjoy many freedoms here. But we are not so free in other ways. It can be as simple as crossing the street. Technically, we are not free to jaywalk and we can be fined for doing so. Such a law would be unheard of in many other countries. Just walk down a city street sometime and really focus on all the rules. No parking, no skateboarding, no bikes, no loitering, no trespassing. In California, you are not free to drive without a seatbelt or ride a motorcycle without a helmet. I do these things anyway, but I don't think I should be forced to. I've been detained and questioned by the police for doing nothing more than walking down the street after dark. It's true no one is forcing me to wear a bike helmet...yet. But like I said, when I travel to other countries where these kinds of nitpicky rules and regulations are not so ubiquitous, then I really feel a sense of freedom. And generally I find the people there get along pretty well. But if you insist that I am free, can I light this spliff now?
It's so sad that people cannot appreciate freedom nor the sacrifices made to have what we do have.
Just because you are in another country and ignorant to the laws and rules they have, you feel more "free". OK, ignorance is bliss.
Murder is against the law. Do you think it shouldn't be? Wearing your seatbelt not manditory- we tried that, didn't work. The reason it is the law is because it is in the best interest of our society at large. It reduces the $ burden on all the taxpayers. How did it become law? YOUR elected officials voted it that way.
You can light your spliff, you have personal freedom of choice. If you don't agree with the law, you can fight it. You won't be shot in the head for lighting up something illegal because we, as a free society, have rules to protect you as an individual. That is a luxury afforded to you in a free society.
Freedom doesn't mean anarchy. Your view is simply naive and immature.