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Originally Posted by red-beard
The laws in this country mostly seem like an emotional response to some situation, or morality plays, on both the conservative and progressive sides.
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Absolutely. You don't get re-elected by saying: "This is a sad situation but one where government involvement is not appropriate. Therefore I will grieve but not propose any new laws."--Even if such a reaction would be the correct reaction. Big swaths of voters expect knee-jerk reactions to every tragedy. What we end up with is a big regulatory state, over criminalization, a state that feels justified spying on my private life for my own safety, and high taxes to support the above.