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Subject: Don't Say You Didn't See it Coming!
One of the most pernicious laws on the books is the mandatory
automotive seat belt law. What is so wrong about this law is that
it steps over the boundary line of establishing laws that protect
each of us from the harmful actions of others, and instead acts to
protect us from ourselves! When these laws were first being proposed,
I argued that they were extremely dangerous to our personal freedom,
because they granted to the government the right to decide for
us what was in our own best interest. As I argued in my previous
post, there is no middle ground when it comes to the principle of
deciding who make the decisions about how best to pursue one's own
life. Either you have absolute authority over those decisions, or
you don't. And if you give over even a small piece of that right
to the government, then you have no principle remaining to which you
may appeal as the control over your life which you retain is steadily
eroded.
The seat belt laws were a small breach into our personal autonomy that
opened the door the today's call for mandatory national service. I
would hope that everyone reading this could see the progression taking
place as we march further along the path towards slavery. Still
don't believe me? Well, let's take a look at an article published
today from Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, entitled: "Community service
needed for seat belt offenders"
Quoting sections from that article:
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