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The concepts of liberty and security are in tension. One wishes harm on none, but externally forcing preferred choices on people veers authoritarian really, re

The concepts of liberty and security are in tension. One wishes harm on none, but externally forcing preferred choices on people veers authoritarian really, really quickly. Horses led to water can opt to die of dehydration, alas.

nec4b 5y ago
Drugs like heroin take away all your liberty whether you want it or not. Once you become slave of drugs there are no options or preferences only ever increasing desire for more.
- smitty1e 5y ago
  And yet, that (generally) true statement seems hardly a deterrent to production or use thereof.
  - nec4b 5y ago
    Therefore it is prudent of a society to prevent both: production and use.
    - smitty1e 5y ago
      I don't disagree. What I'd like to see is a more consistent societal rule for deciding where the line on "the public interest" and liberty is drawn.
      - nec4b 5y ago
        I agree.