The concept of Libertarianism

Libertarianism is NOT a good concept. It allows people to do whatever they want to them self with us not having any power to help them. I will be going straight down the flow explaining how these things that libertarianism allows DO hurt other people. Drugs: 1) More people will commit crimes with drugs. When people get desperate for drugs, what will they do...? ANYTHING to get that money to get drugs. When they are high on drugs (especially meth) and their kids are "annoying them"… what will they do, get rid of the annoyance. The CREATION of meth endangers everyone within a 100 foot radius. It DOES hurt other people. 2) There is a significant difference between the effects of alcohol and the effects of drugs. Although alcohol has a dependence factor, it is NOT as great as drugs have. People get addicted to drugs like they get addicted to smoking, right away with no warning. It only takes one and if you make it legal, what is stopping every high school student from "just trying it." If you truly allow ANYONE to do anything ("that doesn't hurt anyone else"), you will allow any kid to do drugs (and all of the topics we are discussing in this debate)… To not allow them to do drugs would be against the concept of Libertarianism which is why it is not a good concept. 3) Parents high on drugs don't care about their kids. The reason the police are so uptight about drugs is that it affects children more than anyone. There ARE victims in drug cases, and these victims are the innocent children of these crack-heads. You concept HOPES that no one else will be hurt, but that simply is not true. 4) The court systems would be unclogged but with too many disadvantages. Sure, we can make EVERYTHING legal, but that would mean that murder would be legal. That would mean that no one goes to trial for murder, but it would also mean that murder would become a daily routine. In other words, unclogging a court system simply means that more people are doing wrong acts. Thus, this idea of drug legalization is wrong. Alcohol: Your concept allows for EVERYONE to hurt them self. Therefore all ages can drink. People FOR SURE have their brain developed at the age of 21, but you offer alcohol for all ages. Another serious flaw in your concept. Lowering the age to 18 wouldn't be a disaster, but allowing it for EVERYONE would be catastrophic. Pornography: Cross-apply what I said during alcohol. But besides that, you must see that people won't know how to use this v-chip. I don't even know what it is and I know technology better than the average person. Not to mention that porn would spread into regular channels because "that's what people want to see"… Therefore, the possibility of being able to block these channels is very slim. Stations such as CBS and ABC would eventually allow it on their TV, and all innocence, will be wiped of our American soil. Seat Belts: We must have laws to protect people from them self. Seat belt laws for adults should happen, but seat belts for children MUST happen. He seems to think that you'll only get these liberties when you're 18, but that is NOT how he described the concept to be. We must keep these laws to protect everyone. The influence for children would otherwise be too great for them to actually "make this choice." Rehab: All I have to say here is that we MUST have rehab for people that do drugs and people that over-excessively drink. Making it an "option" makes it ineffective. Questions: 1) I touched on previously. 2) YOUR CONCEPT SAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AS LONG AS IT HURTS NO ONE ELSE. YOU BREAK YOUR OWN CONCEPT BY SAYING THAT MINORS CAN NOT LOOK AT PORNOGRAPHY. 3) Same here, minors would not be required to wear seat belts and babies would not be required to be in car seats. That is an unnecessary cost. The 10 minutes it takes for a cop to pull someone over for a seat belt violation could very well save many people's lives. Simply to prove that the age of people makes no difference, I quote my opponent from round 1, "Libertarianism is the concept that every person has the right to do as they wish as long as they are not infringing on anyone else's happiness or freedom" Drinking Age: We presently have the highest drinking age in the world, what we should NOT have is the lowest drinking age in the world. That would inevitably be worse. For all of these reasons, I urge you to vote CON. Thank You!