[Dean's World] Dave Price: American Taliban?

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Posted by Dave Price:
American Taliban?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1194019870.shtml


   Yesterday's [1]Going Green post provoked [2]this insight from Dean's
   World commenter TimKindred:

     Our entire outlook upon drugs is no different than that of the
     Taliban towards women. They want women clothed from head to foot,
     cap-a-pie, as it were, to prevent the men from lusting after the
     women. That completely removes the sense of personal responsibility
     from the equation. It says that men are by nature weal, and unable
     to control themselves when in the presence of a woman. That's
     bullsh!t and anyone with more than 2 brain cells understands that.
     However, we treat drugs in the same manner. We tell adults that
     they may NOT have them because they cannot be trusted to act
     responsibly.

   It's probably always a mistake to limit everyone's freedom because
   some people supposedly can't he expected to manage their own lives
   responsibly.

References

   1. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1193953016.shtml
   2. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1193953016.shtml#130614