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Interesting post. I happen to agree but I wonder where you draw lines. Isn't there a reasonable expectation to prohibit smoking marijuana in public where it can be inhaled second-hand? Is there a property right for a restaurant owner to legitimately ban marijuana in his place? Where does the individual right end and the collective right begin?
Well ... There's no such thing as a collective right. How could there be? After all, a collective is just an abstract. Only individuals exist. A restaurant owner can prohibit whatever he wants on his property. Parents have the right to raise their children how they see fit, so regulation isn't necessarily off the table. And in public? The person who doesn't like the smoke can move, or ask the smoker politely to put it out or go somewhere else. I can't see how anyone is born with the inalienable right to stand in a specific spot (unless he owns the property).
Genius.
"There’s no such thing as a collective right. How could there be?"
When, Oh When Lord, will they get this. This is such a fundamental truth that it should be ingrained like the times tables in your head by the time you're 6.
Great stuff CL.