The concept of Libertarianism

I'll just go straight down to prove that Libertarianism is (plain and simple) dumb... Drugs: I can't believe some of the things that I read... My opponent insists that allowing drugs to be legal, you support the true Libertarianism concept. But what he fails to realize is that by legalizing drugs you will have MORE problems. Let me explain... 1) Less people in jail is tentative as people who become desperate for drugs (assuming that it's more now that it's legal) will be more incline to commit crimes. Some of the worse crimes are committed while people are high (particularly on Meth). People will be more incline to steal money to get more drugs and will be more incline to get rid of the people who bother them while their high (such as their children and significant other)... 2) EVEN if there is less jail space taken up, there will MORE graveyard room issues as more people will begin to commit suicide. There is a reason that so much money is spent on the war on drugs, because drugs are BAD. My opponents concept will simply transfer money spent on the war on drugs to DRUGS them self. He says, "Drugs legalization can be great"... but the CAN in that statement is vaguer than this topic. Alcohol: *sigh... You simply must not understand where our current society is right now. You say that adults won't let their kids drink... but this simply is not true. Parents allow their kids to drink now and the ones who don't will have their kids be able to (since they weren't allowed to (at least under your system)). This will lead to an increase in Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and will also lead to undeveloped brains. Libertarianism leads to such destruction of one self, that impact on others is inevitable. Pornography: One freedom that my opponent fails to see is the freedom to say NO. Censorship destroys that freedom. Could you imagine 80 year old grandparents stumbling on two 20 year olds having sex? They have the freedom to NOT see that on TV. But you have the almighty v-chip but I don't even know what that is let alone two 80 year olds. Some parents don't give a crap about blocking TV, but that shouldn't mean that we as a government shouldn't. Furthermore, some things CAN'T be blocked such as movies (without an age limit under Libertarianism), cable TV, billboards, restaurants, bars, and even random people on the street. Seat belts: They must be used to enforce children to wear seat belts. This "hassle" saves millions of lives a year. A highway patrol man once told me that he has never unbuckled a dead person from a car... WHY? Because people that wear their seat belt don't die unless the crash is VERY serious. Simply put, these seat belts are enforced because other people don't understand how dangerous it is without them, and until then, they must be enforced. Speed Limit: I'll just drop this from the round. It isn't part of Libertarianism, I'll accept that but I don't need this to prove that Libertarianism is a bad concept. Rehab: I'm sorry but rehab hurts no one else. And if it does, would that mean that under this concept we get rid of it? Rehab can be a punishment, but can also be a safety for people who enter voluntarily. Furthermore, if he considers punishment as a way of hurting others, does that mean that we get rid of all jails and all forms of fines. Libertarianism (summed up) is absolute freedom with no punishment or backlash for your actions (which in itself isn't completely true) Libertarian concept: Here is where your "concept" becomes one big contradiction. What I was trying to say is that if you allow all of these things to be legal, then you WILL hurt other people (because of the massive spread). I want you to simply answer these questions... Under the Libertarianism concept, 1) are drugs legal? 2) is pornography legal for all ages? 3) are there any seat belt laws? You see, with all of these things being legal, you do hurt other people. Which therefore makes your concept either non-existent or at least severely flawed. Individuals destiny is their own: You see, if someone grows up in a drug house, they have a greater chance to follow the same path (especially when it's legal). Why is it that when a father is abusive (only an example), that the son has a HUGE chance at also becoming abusive (even if not as bad)... It's the same with all of these Libertarianism "immoral" actions, it will just continue to trickle down and spread until it DOES effect everyone. It will inevitably lead to a worse world. Drinking Age: Perhaps you didn't read WHY the drinking age is at 21... It's because the brain is not developed yet. We have these laws to protect people from them self (either because of carelessness or lack of knowledge)... The drinking age is fine... BUT under Libertarianism, you would allow anyone to drink whenever (not even your "reasonable 14, 16, or 18) THIS IS BAD. Having no drinking age would lead to many poor choices, and way too many unnecessary accidents. III. Nope, Libertarianism is a bad concept :) The final rant of reasons: Here, I want to bring up what you said in your rehab argument. You talk about how rehab is a punishment therefore not libertarian. So what punishment is then? Would that mean that our jail systems are non-libertarian? Also, you talk about the founding fathers. Well, they aren't the ultimate of ultimate people... they found our country, but not all their concepts are gold... such as libertarianism. Therefore, you can see that it is a bad concept and vote Con accordingly. Thank you for this interesting debate. I like learning about new concepts such as this.