Government Rights

I am neither communist nor socialist. My life does not belong to the group, commune or collective. I demand freedom; freedom to do with my life as I see fit. There is no religion that should dictate how I can or cannot abuse myself that enforces itself through governmental action.

Who is the group to demand my life be preserved? By every right they claim to have to demand I preserve my life, will they not also demand the right to claim my life if they so determine it be best?
In a land of imperative democracy, the personal, God-given right of the citizen is stripped for a “greater good.”

Who’s greater good?

Suicide is considered a travesty by many, and I agree, it’s a terrible thing for a life to end itself. But who am I, or anyone, to dictate to someone else that they can or cannot end their own existence? I don’t believe in assisted suicide, but I believe that should I choose that life is no longer worth living, that I can end it and move onto the next.

Morality? I believe it’s immoral to kill oneself. But the government has no right to dictate my choice of morals, or mortality. The government is here to protect me in national defense and in regulation of national issues (and that would debatable dependant on which political party you might ally yourself to).

Seatbelts becomes another issue. While I understand why an insurance company may charge more if a person isn’t wearing a seatbelt, who is the government to make it mandatory?

A loose passenger in a car filled with seat-belted passengers could be knocked around during an accident and kill all of them. This is true. But what happened to the responsibility of those other passengers to ensure that said passenger was seat-belted?

Oh, sorry. That’s not a word anyone understands anymore: Responsibility.

“But suicide is selfish and would hurt more than just you! It would hurt your family and your children!”
You know what, that is absolutely true.

Know what else?

The government still has no right to dictate that to me.

Johnathan Cross
Marietta