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Scarier than the playground bans was this line from the article; >There's only one solution. Someone on behalf of society >must be authorized to make these cho
by dmfdmf 18y ago
Scarier than the playground bans was this line from the article;
>There's only one solution. Someone on behalf of society >must be authorized to make these choices. Courts must >honor those decisions. Otherwise, the pious accusations >of safety fanatics, empowered by the nearly universal
>fear of being sued, will guarantee a cultural spiral >downwards toward the lowest common denominator.
Someone "authorized to make these choices" that the courts can't overrule (i.e. must "honor) is a pretty good definition of a dictator.
I suppose this guy is right that if individual rights and property rights are off the table then dictatorship is the only answer. Let's start with a playground dictator to get people used to the idea.