Should a government protect me from myself, or is that taking away freedom?

Question

drugs
seatbelts
helmets
etc

Answer 1

I like this definition of freedom: "Freedom of one ends only when freedom of another starts."
If we go by this then the answer is no since you haven't step over others freedom.

Best Regards.

Answer 2

NO. And yes it is an infringement of your freedom.
The government should protect YOU from me, and vice versa.
Unfortunately, so many people have abused their right to freedom at the careless or even willful neglect of others, that we now have the nanny state, I can only hope that the pendulum will swing back some.

I think that any one should be able to use heroin if they chose. I also think that I should be able to blow that person away, no questions asked, if they break into my house looking for money to buy it.

Answer 3

When I was in tech school in Florida, several classmates received disciplinary measures for letting themselves get sunburned (bad enough that they couldn't work and after numerous warnings). The explanation everyone was told was that we're government property in the service, and those individuals had "damaged government property".

I can make allowances for a military environment that requires a special level of discipline and control. I cannot find any justification for a nation to take that attitude toward its civilian citizens. Citizens are not property of the government; it is only through their consent and support that there IS a government.

Answer 4

They're really not protecting you from yourself, since everyone has the natural born right to be stupid. (I'm not saying that YOU are stupid, but that everyone can, if they want to!) What they are trying to do, for the most part is protect others from you when you choose to do stupid things.

That's why the police arrest and jail a drunken driver. It gets him off the road, so that his bad choices can't affect me, and hopefully convinces him that drinking and driving is not a good thing.

Our leaders seem to have forgotten that laws are made to protect the innocent, and they are using them to "babysit" people.

Answer 5

it is stripped me of freedom and made me be scared of those who are supposed to protect me but they have only hurt me and plan to send me to prison and i have never hurt another person ever only myself and i dont think people should have to be caged up with those who are really the violent theiving mean people this is not fair drug addiction is a disease to be treated not thrown in with the underbelly of society what happened to this being a free country i know i am not free and never am at ease scared all the time this cant be the sweet land of liberty when i feel this bad i really would rather die than have to live like this but then if i dont succeed they again will charge me with a felony for trying to cause harm to someone even if it is myownself what are we going to do and is there really anything we can do i know if we tried wed get locked up quick life is just not what i imagined when i grew up but i am used to it but i still know i hate living in the us there is no one left who cares about what is fair or not and if they know they dont care i couldnt treat anyone the way the cops do its just power tripping unattractive men who has to have a badge just so anyone will even notice them and they are ego maniacs robbing us of our lives i'll shut up but could go on forever just remember never call them for help they have none to offer only set up tactics and the ability to literally take your life not only your rights and freedom but your life

Answer 6

Harm Theory is not intended to protect you from yourself.

Yes to both.

Answer 7

Are you also a danger to others or just yourself?

Answer 8

Aborted fetus's have no rights.

Answer 9

i think that the government should let you do whatever you want to do to yourself. i mean, it's your body.