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Originally Posted by frazod
Yeah, I knew what it meant. I like to personally apply it those who would impose their will upon others, especially people they'll never meet or interact with, for no good reason other than enforcing their will.
How strangers live their lives is not my business.
You want to have an abortion? I personally wouldn't do it, but if you want to, it has no bearing on my existence, so do what you want.
You don't want to wear a seatbeat? Fine. It's your life. Why should I care?
You don't want to wear a helmet? Go for it. Your call.
You want to to smoke someplace I don't go? Fine. I won't go there. There are other places. Or perhaps I'll go there and deal with it.
Some people believe as I do.
Some people are honestchieffan.
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Because in almost every one of those cases tax revenue is spent to finance your choice or the consequences of your choice. Also, in every one of your examples, beyond the public funds being spent to subsidize your choice (typically via healthcare costs), your choice only effects you. When you smoke everyone around you is smoking whether they want to or not. You are effectively making the choice for everyone else in your vicinity.
In a vacuum I'm 100% in support of personal choice at all times. If there were a way to guarantee that your choices effected only you and that only you would be responsible for the consequences of your choices I'd say you should be able to do anything you wanted. But that's not the way our world works anymore. Unfortunately.