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    The death of common sense was the beginning of the end. Hell, who needs to be responsible? Acquire acquire acquire shouted the institutions! 'Okay!' responded the masses! Politicians exercising their best interests. Masses numb to it all by their 'good' economic status. Everyone else hates us for our freedoms? Sure! Why not? That's easier to swallow than looking at the facts!

    We are sheep...we really are. It's our own damn fault. The founding fathers gave us all the tools we needed and we gave them all back to the snake oil peddlers. They've been whittling away our freedom piece by piece in the name of 'protection.' Hey let us go ahead and protect you from the terroristas, we just need a little access to your life. Okay! Hey let us protect you from cigarettes, we're just going to put our hand in your wallet. Okay! Hey let us protect your mortgage, just open your wallet a little wider. Okay! Hey that foie gras is fattening, let's ban it in Chicago...to protect you, from yourself. Okay! Hey let us protect your kid from ever feeling bad, just take down that score board. Alright! Sounds good! All this protection tastes soooo gooooooood!!

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    • Honestly, the foie gras and the cigarette references is kinda farcical...TheBlueOne
    • Why? We don't get to choose what we put into our bodies? We need a government to decide that?tommyo
    • As I stated in a different post .. here in California, there are laws being considered to tax soda and potato chips.tommyo
    • Slippery slopes. We're the dopes.tommyo
    • If your child is in school and the only choices for food are approved by the Snack association, ban them. FFS
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    • As an ex-smoker, I don't mind the cigarette laws per se...TheBlueOne
    • toomyo: this isn't an issue of responsibility but greed. Slaveowner generals like Washington had some ideas but not any that can help today.
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    • ...but I agree with you on the chips and pop legislation...TheBlueOne
    • but not any except distilling whiskey that will help us today.
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    • Just curious but why are you not okay with chips and soda legislation ... but for cigarette legislation? It's all 'bad' for you.tommyo
    • smoking legislation is primarily to protect non-smokers. I don't want to be breathing in someone else's smokeTheBlueOne
    • I can't get the effects of someone's consumption of a soda pop though...TheBlueOne
    • Your right to stay away from smokers is all yours though. Same as your right to stay away from a bag of chips.tommyo
    • People will regulate themselves .. I don't think people have quit smoking because of the taxes, they did it for their health.tommyo
    • If a restaurant owner wants to ban smoking, he should. If he doesn't, and you don't like smokers ... don't go.tommyo
    • I just don't think we need government deciding these things. It's not their place in my opinion.tommyo
    • I agree about private business..I'm talking about public areas - bus, train, elevator, etc.TheBlueOne
    • Yeah I do agree about elevators and such. That would be responsible regulation imo.tommyo
    • See, we can agree. What about those fuckwits in DC?TheBlueOne
    • < I think a couple hundred burlap sacks and a deep river. The Mississippi Tea Party.tommyo
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