............"Most people don't think it's their place to tell others what sort of sexual behavior is acceptable. With few exceptions, it has become a private matter of individual preference. Laws against sodomy are extinct. Divorce is easy to get. Your sex life is off-limits to government regulation. Busybodies have little impact on policy.
But puritans haven't vanished. They've merely changed the subject. The expansion of freedom in matters of sex has coincided with a shrinkage in matters of health. New Yorkers would laugh at laws policing sex, but they elected a mayor who has no problem trying to control other physical indulgences.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg brought forth a ban on large sugar-laden beverages, which this week was struck down by a state court. But the idea won't go away that easily: The city will appeal the ruling, and other cities are considering similar laws.
Nor is this approach out of character for Bloomberg, whose attitude is: "Let my conscience be your guide." He prohibited restaurants from using transfats, banned smoking in bars and restaurants as well as most outdoor spaces, compelled fast-food chains to post calorie counts on their menus, proposed limits on sodium and even stopped hospitals from giving bottles of infant formula to new mothers. When it comes to what you put in your body, nothing is off-limits to the city.".......................
I love reason.com. We live in Colorado which just decriminalized marijuana and adultery but makes a 16 round magazine illegal. Which is more harmful to Colorado families? Adultery or gun magazines?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
FredHayek wrote: I love reason.com. We live in Colorado which just decriminalized marijuana and adultery but makes a 16 round magazine illegal. Which is more harmful to Colorado families? Adultery or gun magazines?
Well, I guess I could role it up into a really sharp point and stick it into your brain through your eye.
I am going to have to think a little longer on how I can harm you with adulery.
