Originally Posted by
Crossfitdad 
I can't look at it from an Australian or a British perspective. I can only look at it as a Texan. I fail to see it anywhere in the US or Texas constitutions that it is the government's job to protect stupid people from themselves. I want a government to be a government, not my mother.
i have libertarian views as well when it comes to that sort of thinking..btw I never heard of a guy go into a grocery or convenience store not thinking he was going to buy cigarettes then saw them displayed behind the counter and only then decided to buy some..I know in NYC mayor Bloomberg is very nanny-stateish. He banned the sale of large sodas and something else I can't remember. As if someone can't just buy more small sodas. I mean he must feel he is really brilliant to make such laws. It's not the end result of these laws it's the phillosphy that goes behind it. I am the government therefore I know whats best for you