Society Has A Right To Intervene When People Engage In Self-Destructive Behavior

Sorry I took so long getting my argument up, I was busy with school work. Okay now on to my second argument, in this argument I will be rebutting some of the things my opponent said in his last argument. Before I start, I want to supply you all with some definitions of the words I will be using in my argument. I will be defining the words, fall and jump, I will also supply links to the websites where I found my definitions. Definitions Fall- move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level. https://www.google.com...88.1416.2j9.11.0....0...1c.1.32.hp..2.9.1105.fecarvPOa7I Jump- push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet. https://www.google.com.......0...1c.1.32.serp..1.7.1109.M7DFxyt5I78 My Second Argument For my first rebuttal I will be using a quote from my opponent's argument. Bubbaththeclown said, “For instance, the government tries to prevent people from committing suicide, though this is their private business.” The government does not try to prevent people from committing suicide, I did an online search and found that there are not government funded programs to help prevent suicide. Here is a link to the website I found, http://www.sharecare.com.... On the website I found this, “...principles and action steps represent good sources for developing specific policy recommendations to present to governmental and legislative leaders.” This means that the government is not presently doing anything to prevent suicide. I also found a website for a suicide help line, here is a link to that website, http://www.hopeline.com.... This program is funded by a woman named Kristin Brooks Rossell and people who donate money to the program. So the government does not try to prevent people from committing suicide. Now on to my second rebuttal, I will be using another quote from my opponent’s argument. Bubbaththeclown said, “The judges can order people to go to rehab.” This is a very simple rebuttal , a judge can only sentence someone to go to a rehab center if this person did something illegal while on a drug, drunk, or if this person did illegal drugs. So my point is, a judge can not sentence someone to go to a rehab center if they didn’t do anything illegal while under the influence. This will be my last rebuttal, then I will tell you alittle bit more about how I personally feel about this topic. I have a quote from my opponent's argument that I will be using. Bubbaththeclown said, “...if a person is about to fall off the railing in a zoo, it would not be unconstitutional for a cop to pull him back.” The only reason why I decided to put this in my argument was because this person in the zoo is falling off the railing. There is a difference between falling and jumping. If this person fell, then according to the definition I gave before I began my argument, it would have been an accident. Where if this person would have jumped off the railing, it would have been on purpose, and this person would have meant to cause themselves harm. But, this person fell off the railing. So the police officer saved the person from dying because this person lost their balance and almost fell over the railing. Okay, time to discuss why I feel that society should not intervene in someone’s personal life when they feel that a person is engaging in self-destructive activities. Personally, I think that if someone wants to binge eat or not eat at all they should be able to. I don’t think that society should force these people to do anything they don’t want to do, unless these self-destructive people are breaking the law. People have basic constitutional rights, which means long as what they are doing is legal, it is okay in the eyes of the government. Now just to sumrise everything, the government does not do anything to prevent people from committing suicide. Judges can not sentence people to go to a rehab center unless this person did something illegal while under the influence. And last of all, it is okay for a police officer to pull someone back when they are about to fall over the railing at the zoo. So the government doesn’t do anything to help people with self-destructive behaviors. Like last time, I am looking forward to hearing my opponent’s argument. Until then Bubbaththeclown.