> Reverse your logic and remove all rules applied now; no seat belts for cars I mean take them out not just give the option to use or not. That’s a pretty dumb

> Reverse your logic and remove all rules applied now; no seat belts for cars I mean take them out not just give the option to use or not. That’s a pretty dumb example. People clearly want safety features in cars. Seatbelts existed well before they were mandated. They shouldn’t be mandated but people should wear them anyway. > No regulation of alcohol use any age anywhere any time. I’m fine with that too. If someone is drunk and belligerent there’s plenty of other reasons to arrest them. But having a beer in the park is banned because you’re worried about a bunch of winos? > No rules for smoking any age any time anywhere. And so on. Pretty soon it would be a mess for everyone. Having restrictions for children is orthogonal. That’s us as a society deciding that children are not capable of making informed decisions. We’re not with them 24/7 so we as a society set rules for what we allow them to do when we are not around. On that topic, I think it’s fine for a parent to give alcohol to their child. That’s the parents decision. But that doesn’t mean I think we should have 10 year olds buying 40’s.