Originally posted by: exdeath
Originally posted by: Beau
Originally posted by: exdeath
Here we go again with "why do you need x" whiners again.
I thought this was a free market and not a communist society? Why should someone have to justify their needs to you or only buy things that you deem practical or necessary? Can one in the USA not buy things with his own income because he simply wants them?
What if they just want it and enjoy it?
Hate and be disgusted all you want, just live and let live.
I personally don't care for SUVs, and I agree some of the things people do to their cars are absolutely stupid.
But the fundamental principle here is whether or not people are free to pursue their own life, liberty, and happiness, and that applies to guns, SUVs, plasma TVs that nobody "needs", etc, as long as they aren't stealing from you to get it.
It is a free market... But this is a matter of safety. If they can have a lift so high that they can't see the front of the vehicle, much less a short vehicle to their side and have tires that rip up roads that I pay for with my tax money, then I should goddamn well be able to take my governor off and drive recklessly fast.
When all else fails prey on the safety or global warming emotional impulses...
Lets just declare everything unsafe and lock everyone up in padded vaults from the moment they are born, it's for their own safety.
If he hits another vehicle or person, thats what insurance and lawyers are for. You handle it on a case by case basis, not with blanket bans that affect law abiding citizens who are harming nobody. If he kills someone, you jail him for manslaughter and failure to control his vehicle... hey actually that doesn't matter if you are in a lifted SUV or a lowered Honda Civic, how about that? Until then, he is doing absolutely nothing but offending your personal sense of cosmetic taste. It's already unlawful to run someone over. Pedestrians already have right of way. Why do you feel so strongly we need more laws?
We don't preemptively intrude on the individual liberty and free will of 300 million people on the basis of something that MIGHT happen or something that one person does. So a lifted SUV rolled and killed someone, lets ban all SUVs and/or lift kits. On person out of 100 million goes and shoots up a school, lets take away everyone elses guns. One black guy robbed a bank, lets throw all black guys in jail. Get the picture? You might not like SUVs, but there are 300,000,000 other inhabitants of this country who have their own personal likes and dislikes, should we have laws banning each of the things they hate? Maybe one of them my be something near and dear to your hobbies and interests.
What is with this unhealthy obsession with safety above all else in our society? How many things are we going to restrict, ban, prohibit, etc, in the guise of safety safety safety? Human bodies moving at 55 mph are inherently not safe. TVs and computers emit electromagnetic radiation and are not safe. Heavy objects are not safe. Sharp objects are not safe. Houses painted anything other than beige distract drivers and are not safe... mining for the things you consume is not safe... construction is not safe...
Britain would be a good place to live if you want a society sedated with political correctness and safety where perceived safety trumps common sense and individual liberty and responsibility. Cops with nerf bats and no authority to hurt or offend anyone unless they are shot to death work so well.
As for me, I like being able to buy and use guns, buy fast cars and/or modify them (including lift kits if I was into that sort of thing), waste as much gas as I can afford, or buy as big a TV as I can afford, paint my house any color I like, eat whatever healthy or unhealthy foods I choose, or generally do whatever I want. Coming from an atheist; God bless America.