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Old 12-26-2018, 04:06 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh View Post
This debate is as old as checkstops. Same old arguments defending them and opposing them. In modern liberal democracies, personal freedoms are steadily retreating and general public just eats governments' explanations and assurances of why it's good for "the People", as a group, rather than individuals.

In a true democracy, people must be trusted to do the right thing even understanding that they don't do the right thing sometimes. This is the foundation of a true democracy. There are literally thousands of examples of how various violations of personal freedoms could lead to prevention of crime, death, medical distress, property damage, economic hardship etc. Yet, each and every inch given up in the name of those benefits deteriorates a democratic society further towards state-control.
This seems somewhat naive. As lovely as it would be to believe that a true democracy - as you’ve described it - exists, it doesn’t. Do you have an example (100 points for a recent one) where your version of democracy works outside of a university classroom or textbook?

Being that we live in the real world, this is how things work. We give a little to get a little. That’s why we have restrictions on guns and other weapons, prescription drugs, operating vehicles, etc. This is how life works, there is no such thing as absolute freedom.
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