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Ron Paul asked about Heroin Legalization.We don’t have a first amendment so that we can talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so that we can say very controversial things. So for people to say that “yes, we have our religious beliefs protected”, but people who want to follow something else or a controversial religion — “you can’t do this”, if you have the inconsistency, then you’re really not defending liberty. But there are strict rules on freedom of choice of this sort, because you can’t hurt other people, you can’t defame other people, but yes, you have a right to do things that are very controversial. If not, you’re gonna end up with government is gonna tell us what we can eat and drink and whatever. You know, it’s amazing that we want freedom to pick our future in a spiritual way, but not when it comes to our personal habits.
What you referring is, “if we legalize heroin tomorrow, everybody’s gonna use heroin.” How many people here would use heroin if it was legal? I bet nobody would. “Oh yeah, I need government to take care of me; I don’t want to use heroin so I need these laws!”
(Source: usaintelreport.blogspot.com, via umonkey)
