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Originally Posted by AcGold
While I agree with you I would prefer a society with ignorance and mistaken conclusions over fascism and mandatory medical treatments. We can learn from other people's mistakes but if the government can force people to receive treatment that's a dark line that gets crossed. Things like in the movie changeling become possible where people are diagnosed based on political motivation and misdiagnosis is likely.
Analogy of securing my own house or soldiers standing on the street guarding everything. Self-regulated decision making is better than bureaucratic mandates, mistakes as a result from ignorance are much better than mistakes resulting from the removal of liberty and freewill. People are responsible for their own children, not the government.
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The problem is this resulted in the preventable death of a child. One who arguably had no say in the matter because their mind can't fully form their own rationale, so they defer to their parents.
What if you enlisted your kid to help you secure your house, and he shot himself with the gun you gave him?