Politicians love to point to their record of being tough on crime by showing how many prosecutions are being conducted and convictions gained. What they do not emphasize is that this is accomplished by the creation of entirely new criminal classes by the creation of entirely new laws. It should be considered that any nation would appear to be a wonderfully free country to any citizen who desired to do nothing the government did not want. A very infamous person once said that all a person must do to be free is not to desire to be anywhere else than where he is. That was said by Charles Manson from his Vacaville prison cell.
Some laws are justified.
Government, in spite of its profession, does not take upon itself the role of protecting its citizens against themselves because of concern and compassion for the welfare of those citizens but, rather, a perceived need to control them. And there can be no control where liberties are actively appreciated and guarded. Ben was right. This country's citizens have neither. Section I, paragraph iv.