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Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel
From: "Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 11:41:13 -0500
On 5/14/07, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> I have the right to do what ever the hell I like in my car while > driving UNTIL I do you damage. No according to the law. There's an offence called "Driving while under the influence", and you can be punished for that even if you don't do damage.
I could argue that I may not have the "right" to drink and drive but that wouldn't limit my argument that the government has no "power" to prevent me from doing so. The government's only real role is to exert its power in an effort to enforce contracts, whether those be contracts between states, itself and other governments, or between citizens. One such contract is the social contract I have with my fellow citizens requiring that I don't do them harm. Once I break that contract, the government's power can be brought to bear and a punishment be rendered. You CAN NOT regulate THOUGHT (or INTENT). All attempts to do so fail and more often than not do more harm than good.
Your rights don't end at the tip of my nose, they end some distance from there.
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Current thread:
- RE: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel, (continued)
- RE: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Drsolly (May 13)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel der Mouse (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Brian Loe (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Valdis . Kletnieks (May 13)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Brian Loe (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Valdis . Kletnieks (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Brian Loe (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Valdis . Kletnieks (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Brian Loe (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Drsolly (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Brian Loe (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Drsolly (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel sam stover (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Brian Loe (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel sam stover (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Brian Loe (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Drsolly (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel sam stover (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Brian Loe (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Drsolly (May 14)
- Re: UK: Drivers may be banned from smoking at the wheel Brian Loe (May 14)