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> 1. I don't like seat belt laws because I don't like people telling me anything, even if it's the right thing to do and I do it anyways.

This is one of those positions which seem reasonable and valid from the inside, but from the outside feels like watching an adult throw a temper tantrum when they don't get their way.



Not the OP, but once you attach enforcement to something, it feels different - it is a slight invasion of your world.

To give a wild-ish example: I am very careful about my teeth and I floss often, but I wouldn't like to have to carry around an authorized list of last cleaning sessions for a random cop to check. Even though it could, on aggregate, save quite a lot of money for dental care in our local single payer system.


I _should_ eat vegetables every day, and I usually do, but I don't want to give armed police the power to make me.

It's not about the vegetables, it's about handing away more of your agency to those who can and will abuse it.




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