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Originally Posted by Coign
The right? Yes. Should they? Off course not. It is a matter of law versus morals. It is a matter of personal responsibility. But when the government removes personal responsibility they remove a person's morals that would govern that facet of their life.
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We live in a world where every action we take affects the world around us. If I decide to smoke cigarettes in an enclosed building, someone with asthma might suffer from my actions. I am not directly hurting them, my fist has not touched their face, but I am hurting them indirectly since we share the same environment.
One role of government is protect the rights of it's citizens, to a certain extent, from both direct and indirect attacks. If personal responsibility fails at protecting citizen's, which it has in many respects, then government needs to step in.
I ask you, Coign, what are your thoughts on the banning of DDT?