That’s a pretty dumb example. People clearly want safety features in cars. Seatbelts existed well before they were mandated.
They shouldn’t be mandated but people should wear them anyway.
> No regulation of alcohol use any age anywhere any time.
I’m fine with that too. If someone is drunk and belligerent there’s plenty of other reasons to arrest them.
But having a beer in the park is banned because you’re worried about a bunch of winos?
> No rules for smoking any age any time anywhere. And so on. Pretty soon it would be a mess for everyone.
Having restrictions for children is orthogonal. That’s us as a society deciding that children are not capable of making informed decisions.
We’re not with them 24/7 so we as a society set rules for what we allow them to do when we are not around.
On that topic, I think it’s fine for a parent to give alcohol to their child. That’s the parents decision. But that doesn’t mean I think we should have 10 year olds buying 40’s.
I agree. We should.
> At some point it’s definitely babysitting and we’re well beyond it.
Lol. There is a constant, well-funded psychological warfare to make everyone pick up as many of these harmful and addictive consumption habits as they can. As I'm writing this, and as you are reading this there are teams of people paid by corporate interest working hard to figure out how the best it is to make all of us addicted to sugary drinks in the name of profit. This is completely legal, and even a "respectable" profession. Pushing back against all these forces ever so slightly is now babysitting?
By that same logic we should be locking down juice boxes, donuts, and bacon to prevent heart disease and diabetes.
At some point it’s definitely babysitting and we’re well beyond it.