Fair enough; I still don't see that as sufficient reason to restrict someone's freedom, but again- tragedy of the commons.
Could you please elaborate on this tragedy of the commons? I don't think I really get your point.
You are correct that people are willing to pay for cocaine; that said, however, it still leaves your claim entirely unsupported. How does bringing yet another personal freedom unjustly restricted by the government prove a priori that my argument is flawed? If anything, it supports it. I hate cocaine, don't get me wrong. The thing is, just because I hate it doesn't mean that someone who wants to do it (with their own time, body and money) should be forbidden to do it. Why would you accept the government dictating what is or isn't allowed to be put in your own body? I wouldn't even mention it, but you brought it up.
I can't really go that far into this conversation due to the restrictions on what we can talk about. I'll just say that smoking, drinking, and the sort affect everybody around a person, so that's why the government makes these laws. In the case of Asian Aros, it will affect people worldwide.
Again, I do. I vote, I write, and I share. Just as a point, shouldn't the rights of the individual come first? Sacrificing someone's right to property for the good of all sounds an awful lot like a very different form of government to me.
Excellent. I didn't mean give away your house and get out now, I meant that there are better ways to deal with this issue instead of complaining.
I just wanted to be clear on how I felt when someone told me to get out of my own country; I just hold that respect (for those like the members of your family) as very important to me. I do write letters, among other things; for instance, I am part of a grass roots organization supporting the continued seat held in the house by a champion of personal freedom, Ron Paul. Writing letters isn't the only way to spread the word- talking rationally to other people, for instance, is a great way to express your opinion and start to change things for the better.
Good point. Keep on writing letters and maybe one day they will change the law if the people in favor of legalization can convince them.
An excellent point that was made by a previous post was that if asian aros were legalized, poor people who couldn't afford to buy a farm full would catch them and sell them. This would hurt them even though they are endangered.
