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Originally Posted by xg4bx
to paraphrase a chris rock joke 'how old is 17, really'.
you're old enough to operate a several thousand ton weapon down the highways and by-ways. you're a mere year away from being considered an adult; at said time you can vote and serve in the armed forces. you're easily old enough to be a parent to several children. (i think, though i may be wrong) you're old enough to abort said children without parental consent. 17 year olds today aren't wally cleaver and as long as theres no coercion i see no problem with it.
you cannot rescue people from stupidity and its a futile effort to even try. let people make stupid decisions and let the consequences forever be on their head. far too much time, effort and resources are spent on trying to save people from themselves.
i think sale of your organs should be absolutely legal. as should prostitution and even gentleman's duels as long as both parties are consenting.
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This is my main problem with libertarianism. Its a lot like communism, sounds great in theory put putting it into practice? While in general, I'd consider myself a social libertarian (probably most of us do) the main problem I have with this ideology is the practical side of things, putting aside the obvious moral problems.
How do we make sure there us no coercion
if we legalize it? If selling organs became mainstream, we'd have to pass new laws, create a government organization (or expand an existing one) to regulate and enforce those new laws. Which means more taxes and bigger governments. Without that regulation, we'd have more dumb teenagers getting drunk & selling organs for an X-Box 360...And society again picks up the cost for letting those kids make their mistakes. Again, unless you propose letting them die.
Prostitution is a "choice" you can recover from. Lost kidneys and duels ain't.