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I completely disagree with what you wrote, but yon don't deserve to be downvoted. You don't believe that the "negative externalities" of smoking or drinking sh

• InclinedPlane 15y ago
  If there are indeed "negative externalities" then there are almost always better ways to address them than limiting individual liberty. I wasn't joking when I mentioned listening to punk music and homosexuality as also having negative externalities. Almost every behavior has some negative externality, even breathing. If we are to use the excuse of control of "negative externalities" as a lever to modify individual behavior then that lever becomes almost trivial to use to create a police state where every behavior is within the realm of the government to regulate.