No More Nanny State
ìThe plan is to legalize almost everything and let adults be adults,î writes Ed Cone. ìLetís commit ourselves to becoming a nation of grown-ups, with an eye for accounting, a respect for complexity, and a well-developed sense of humor. Itís time for the emerging libertarian majority to make itself known. Thatís libertarian with a small ìlî ñ an ideal of personal freedom, not a political party. Parties serve their own ends, thatís one reason for the rebellion.î More from Coneís piece:
"Liberty is going to have to mean letting other people do things you don't approve of. If you want to smoke dope and your neighbor wants to smoke cigarettes and the guy across the street wants to give a gun to his boyfriend as an engagement present before their lavish church wedding, nobody can be telling the others what they can and canít do.Respect everyoneís privacy and maybe youíll end up treating everyone with respect. A lot of energy is spent arguing about issues of personal choice, stuff the government really doesnít need to be regulating. It benefits politicians and the media to keep re-fighting the culture wars, but it distracts them from more important things ñ which is one reason those fires are continually stoked. Without the covering enfilade from ideologues on all sides, it should be harder for our public servants to lie to us."
(via Instapundit)