Democracy can be quite annoying! Canada has always striven to be free, at least historically. Freedom and democracy are often incompatible. Unfortunately, rather than individual liberty, Canadians now seem to embrace the idea of collectivism and socialism. We have drunk deeply from the cup of democracy to the point where we think we can and should vote on everything. Instead of freedom, we believe in imposing our will on everyone else and controlling their lives for their own good!
People must be free to make their own decisions, even if everyone else thinks they are wrong. Unfortunately no one thinks like this anymore. People will say something should be banned simply because they disagree with it. They think certain religious practices should be outlawed because they don't personally like them. They want certain foods to be banned because they are unhealthy. They think to take away someone else's freedom is totally acceptable as long as it is the "right" thing to do.
This is a total perversion of freedom. We have to ask the government permission every time we want to be free, and a handful of "experts" will inform us if we can make that free choice. Does no one else see the irony in this?
It's like freedom of speech. You cannot dictate that freedom of speech only exists if we are sure those using it will use it for some good purpose. The whole idea behind free speech in the first place is that some people will abuse it, but this is part of the risk we must take.
The point is, you cannot limit freedom because you think you are somehow doing someone a favor. How is this different from communism? So when you are in a discussion about a particular subject, the pertinent thing is not whether or not you "like" something, but rather whether or not you want freedom for yourself or others.
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