I really want to know why people are so fucked up. Why can’t people do whatever the hell they want as long as they don’t invade the rights of others? Things like weed, prostitution, and so on are illegal or taboo, but seriously, why? Why are we told to look down on people who are okay with doing drugs or having sex with tons of strangers? What’s the alternative but working nine to five until retirement and death? Whenever I tell my mother that we should allow people to do what they want, she acts like she’s okay with it, then, if I rephrase the question, she says that these people should not be allowed to do what they do because she’s okay with her freedoms and sees no reason to expand freedom for everyone else. Why are people such hypocrites who say they like freedom, when they are so afraid to give it to others?
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“Why are people such hypocrites who say they like freedom, when they are so afraid to give it to others?”
What comes into play is the “societal norms” philosophy in which society has certain expectations and limits of behavior. Societal norms, however, are evolving. This past Tuesday in the US, voters in several states legalized individual marijuana use. Some norms might be easier to change than others. You might be able to hypothetically argue that pot is harmless. It would be much more difficult to argue that prostitution is harmless. People get trapped in it, there is a potential for STD spread, etc. There is a terrible aspect of prostitution that is often unseen.
So not only do people not grant you that freedom, people would harm you even if you were just trying to be a nice or normal person.
I don’t think that’s what I wrote.
What I did write was that society has expectations. Some are easier to change than others. If you define “harm” as “being arrested” then… yes… if you violate society’s expectations (ie. laws), then you run that risk.
The problem is that people often impose their own sense of morality onto others. This is especially true when dealing with fundamentalist religious types. These people believe that they are authorities on what constitutes right and wrong, and they feel compelled to “set everyone else straight”. They want the rest of the world to conform to their standard of decency.
Personally, I think you’re better off ignoring these people as much as you possibly can. Do whatever you want to do just so long as your actions don’t adversely affect someone else.
“Do whatever you want to do just so long as your actions don’t adversely affect someone else.” Agree…and that comes down to respect.