[fod]

I don’t think the framers of the Declaration of Independence had the drug culture in mind when they wrote that, do you?

No,but they were famailiar with licentious behavior and morals...

What it boils down to is: how many exceptions to liberty do you want to come up with?

if you want to wrap yourself up in bubblewrap and strap on an air filter to leave the house, great!

Sorry, but freedom is messy and you won't always agree with your neighbor or how he lives and what he consumes. Freedom is not being free from things that offend. A lot of tolerance as well as compassion is needed. Force of law does not stop stupid, self damaging, behaviors.

[JamesP81]

Sorry, but freedom is messy and you won't always agree with your neighbor or how he lives and what he consumes. Freedom is not being free from things that offend. A lot of tolerance as well as compassion is needed. Force of law does not stop stupid, self damaging, behaviors.

This is something I can't make my friends understand. The presence of freedom automatically implies that some people will do thing you won't like.