Do you believe that "I can do anything I want" way of life or are you mindful of the actions you take?

Question

I've often heard especially in CA, everything and anything should be legal, 'I can do anything I want it doesn't hurt anyone'... do you feel that what you do or don't do in life doesn't have any effect on other people. If they told you it did would you try to be respectful or would you lash out becaus eyou can 'do what ever you want whenever you want'?

Do you feel that should be allowed to behave anyway you want to and anyone else should just "get over it" or are you mindful of the people effected by you?

It's a lot like the smoking debate... 'I can smoke where ever I want ti's my right' vs. the non smoker that thinks 'I shouldn't have to breath in your smoke just because you decide to light up next to me'

I believe anything you do or don't do effects someone else weather you are aware of it or not, do you believe you have a butterfly effect?

Answer 1

I am mindful of the actions that I take. I believe that everything that everyone does effects others at some level. If I sit in my apartment all day, then I may be depriving others of a good example and encouragement. If I fill my mind with what is on tv., it may color my views of how people should treat one another.

Answer 2

there is a butterfly effect. as far as smoking, from what i'm to believe there is a small chance that second hand smoking affects people so if that health risk is a possibility then it should be banned, in public places, or in situations when you're around people that take issue with it. if you're in the privacy of your own home and everyone in that home is OK with it then no, it shouldn't be banned.

as far as behavior in general, sure it affects other people. it even effects people that weren't around when the behavior occurred, in some sense everyone is affected by your behavior, whatever it may be. so no there are plenty of things that should not be legal, simply because of the negative social consequences that revolve around them. this is why stuff like prostitution and hard core drugs are illegal - sure the people involved in it are aware of the risks and are OK with it, but they always tend to devolve someone, somewhere, simply because it has occured. a woman who is a prostitute could be wrapped up in hard drugs that she is probably abusing to make her job easier. no woman in her right mind is going to sleep with thousands of men, i don't care how much money is involved or how glamorous she makes it look; so that behavior is going to incur other dangerous behavior just to make the former easier to deal with. perhaps she is addicted to sex, but addiction doesn't mean that she is really OK with it, it just means that she needs to get her fix, whether it be physical or emotional, etc. same with hard drugs. both behavior seems to have a devastating effect on anyone that loves or cares for the people in question, eg.

Answer 3

I believe that for every action there is a consequence. It might affect people in some cases, directly or indirectly, and it might not in some others. It all depends on what it is that you do. I personally try to be mindful of the things that I do not only because it might affect other people, whether positively or negatively or directly or indirectly, but also because of how it might affect myself and the consequences it might bring for me. It is always dangerous to be carefree with your actions, because you never know who they might hurt, you included. You particularly have to be careful with the actions you choose to carry out repeatedly, as these then become habits and could turn into bad habits, which in the long run will turn out affecting you and everyone around you negatively, but especially you. It's good to develop a habit of being careful with your actions.

Answer 4

No i do not... yet only as others might want to no longer have a say in how I enhance my little ones, I might want to no longer have a say in how others enhance their little ones. i'm antagonistic to indoctrination yet i'm able to't see a thanks to wrestle it without doing away with the freedoms of others. I propose what if someone instructed you it became incorrect to enable your little ones play with Ninja turtles action figures because it advocates vigilantism? So at the same time as my own opinion is that teachings in the bible directed in the course of little ones that glorify the violence and genocide in the bible using action figures are certainly incorrect.. i won't be able to ignore that folk would imagine a similar about many different action figures and the beliefs they characterize. once you commence there it gained't end at that, fantastically quickly any violent action figures will be banned.. operating example i imagine Bratz dolls practice females to be self-based and shallow, yet is it my position to inform human beings they could't purchase them for his or her little ones? No that is not any longer. i doesn't favor some different person telling me what my little ones can play with it really is acceptable, so I gained't do it to individuals.

Answer 5

I believe that the actions I take does effects others at some level weather you are aware of it or not. I don't believe I should smoke in my house even if everyone says that it's ok.

Answer 6

when i was Young i did not care what anyone thought even when they were right i had to fined out for myself ,i thought i would party til i was 20 , then til 30,then til ,40 then til i was 50, i never got married because i did not want to hurt any one, but all along i hurt my self ,my friends, and my family i moved all over the country in those times looking for a geographic cure not knowing the happiness was with in me , i thought i needed some one to love to live but in fact i did not love my self ,i fell to my lowest low and deep depression all i thought of was me but now i have 3 years clean of alcohol and drugs which i Will have to work on for the rest of my last years of my life ,everyone was ashamed of me family and friends not that i am clean my other relatives and so call friends never in 3 yrs. and 3 months have not heard at all from ,i burned be hind me i am repairing I'm positive humble believe in giving back what has been to me a new life even that I'm old now I'm going out positive ,clean ,even thought i have damage my memory a little ha, ha, of course ill still have problems but from 0 to 100 and a hundred is a nuclear bomb not bad.

Answer 7

To your question-I am a 21 year old mother of a six year old daughter. I have seen firsthand through support groups for young mothers how selfish people are (such as the married business man who raped me-and blamed the attack on his depression drugs). I have had to grow up quickly, no parties or sleeping around, no sloughing off my daughter or responsibilities thereof to "take time out for me". I did my schoolwork, and worked at helped around my father's home in exchange for his watching my daughter while I was working or at school. I have lost many friends who have that attitude of "Me First": no care for thier children, they party, drink, smoke, use drugs, laze themselves out of jobs, and they definitely didn't want to be around someone who wasn't doing those things, and who expected them to be decent around my daughter. I'm not saying I never have fun, oh no. I just do things that are acceptable for my child also. We go hiking and to parks where there are adult activities also when I have worked up enough money to not have to worry about borrowing or losing my job because I don't call-out either, I always make sure that the people I am with aren't getting drunk or smoking around her. i am putting myself through classes at the University of washington now, mostly online so I can be with my child. I don't plan on being on welfare and living off of other people's work. I am going to make something out of myself and set an example for my daughter and younger sisters. I also speak at junior high schools about being responsible for what you do with your body. I figure if I can do it, starting at 14, with no responsible frinds and only one babysitter, then others should be able to grow up and be mature enough to take responsibility for thier own actions.

Answer 8

As long as you aren't harming others then yes you should be able to do what you want. And I mean actual harm. Like theft, assault, arson, stuff like that.

So that means you can celebrate religious holidays in public schools. Smoke whatever you want as long as you are not putting it's effects onto someone who does not wish it. And so on...

Answer 9

This is what it comes down to. " Your right to swing your arm ends where my nose begins." Once you deeply think about that, you will find you don't have unlimited rights and freedoms.