The concept of Libertarianism

I. Laws that protect people from them self. --- Such laws include drugs, + Drug legalisation can be great. There will be higher tax revenue, our jails will be severely less crowded keeping dangerous criminals imprisoned, less money will be spent on the war on drugs (trillions have been spen this year), there will be no drug related violent crime because the gangs will no longer be necessary. + alcohol for people under the age of 2 will not happen because people under 18 will still not have consent without their parents'. in many countries the alcohol consumption age is much lower than 21. + pornographic censorship is wrong. as is all censorship. however, parents will be able to block it with their v-chip still, which is fair. + seat belts should be optional. fines, court money, tax dollars, overstretched police etc is a huge hassle + speed limit was designed to protect all drivers. libertarians arent stupid. we like the liberty we were guaranteed in our constitution. the speed limit hurts others, which is un-libertarian. + rehab is a punishment for things ilke drunk driving, which can hurt others. not libertarian. --- my opponent is trying to NOT hurt any one else but when people's lives are changed so significantly without these laws, they DO hurt other people. + I'm sorry. I don't feel that when people are not hurting other people they are hurting other people. That is the Libertarian concept. II. Allowing "Libertarianism" will lead to spreading of bad behavior. --- If a child would see his father get into any of these bad behaviors (such as drugs, speeding, and alcohol abuse), they too will inevitably follow the wrong road. + These people have the liberty to choose to go down the wrong road as well as the right one. They should be given the freedom to run their lives. --- There is a reason that the drinking age is set at 21. It's because people's brains are not yet developed before then. + The drinking age was set about 100 years ago. We have the highest drinking age in the world with the exception of nations that allow no drinking. The drinking age in America is ridiculous. It should be lowered to 14 -16 like in most European countries. But a reasonable compromise 18 when people have the llegal right to make decisions. --- With the government not caring about such laws, it would be easier to get into this bad behavior which would mean that this theory of "not effecting" the wrong people simply non-existent. + Every person will have personal liberties as our founding fathers intended. The government negating such laws would bring more tax revenue, less police overstreching, less crowded prisons and a less clogged court system. III. Libertarianism is a bad concept. + Hmm...Libertarianism is a good concept. + Liberty is a right in our Constitution that our founding fathers wanted us to have. His main point is that laws hurting only the criminal are necessary however: = Court systems will be less clogged creating speedier trials = Police will stop criminals who are comitting crimes with victims instead of spending time harassing self-perpetrators = The money spent on victimless crimes is exorbitant. = American citizens are put in jails without hurting anybody. = Rapists and murderers are let out early with parole to make room in prisons that could be less crowded. = George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin wanted this country to be Libertarian. = Life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness Anyone interested in the Libertarian is more than welcome to visit www.lp.org Thank yuo for reading.