From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
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Subject: Re: Antimatter experiment produces first beam of antihydrogen

In article ,
 wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:09:54 +0100, Wouter Valentijn
>  wrote:
> >GettingCloser{at}here.com schreef op 24-1-2014 18:23:
> >>
> >> I want my antimatter cigarette lighter, please!
> >
> >Nah, smoking is very unhealthy.
> >But once you get your hands on some serious amounts of antimatter, why 
> >not take inspiration from 'The Doomsday Machine' and create a planet killer!
> >Oh, wait.... That might be unhealthy also.....
> 
> People do a lot of unhealthy things. As long as they do them to
> themselves, it's really none of your business.
> 
> Now when they do such things to OTHERS, especially the helpless, that
> makes it EVERYBODY'S business.


I tend to agree, but there are added problems.

Firstly, in many places your taxes are wasted to help people who make
stupid decisions, for example health services for people who CHOOSE to
smoke, rescue services for people who CHOOSE to climb a mountain, etc.
Public taxes should not be used for these purposes, the people who
choose to do those things should pay for any consequences themselves.

Secondly, the people doing stupid things often cause damage to innocent
bystanders. For example a drunk driver or idiot trying to escape the
police crashes into an innocent road user or pedestrian.

The point of where to draw the line in interferring in what people do
is difficult to establish ... although in 99% of cases, the
policitcally correct fools are way over the line.
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