[Triple]

As a libertarian I can tell you that just because I don’t want the government, with the full force of law cracking down on citizens for certain behaviors - DOES NOT MEAN I FAVOR THOSE BEHAVIORS.

There is a role for individual responsibility as well as family, church, and community intervention.

With a smaller government (less expensive and intrusive), individuals, family and churches will have the opportunity to step up. These entities can handle these problems much more appropriately.

[Texan5]

Well said-if the nanny state was prohibited from meddling into the non-criminal behavior of individuals, personal responsibility and peer pressure would come back into play, as they should-then law enforcement would have to concentrate on preventing and prosecuting real crimes-murder, theft, arson, assault/rape, etc.

I’ve been told the age of consent/responsibility is 16 in Britain.

As to behavior that is not a crime-any adult should be able to name their poison, so to speak-just don’t try to force it on anyone else, and don’t blame God, the society you live in, or the manufacturer if it kills you-that is what personal responsibility is all about...

[zencycler]

As a libertarian I can tell you that just because I don’t want the government, with the full force of law cracking down on citizens for certain behaviors - DOES NOT MEAN I FAVOR THOSE BEHAVIORS. There is a role for individual responsibility as well as family, church, and community intervention.

AMEN ... and as with many other areas in which the government is too involved, the notion that it's something the government should be handling leads many individuals, churches and communities to become increasingly negligent of their civic duties.