Look, as someone trained in economics, I tend to think about externalities quite a bit. Which sometimes mean I am for strong arming people and crushing their “freedoms” (vaccines! And I would recognize that that logic can be applied to abortions… if life started at conception/a fertilized egg had a soul)
But if there no meaningful externalities - you do you. I even tend towards libertarianism when it comes to the “freedom” of destroying yourself ie im all for addiction treatment being available but pretty against limiting access to addictions
That sounds sensible to me. There are only two cases that tend to bother me. Sometimes the activity has serious negative aspects like drinking kerosene, mistreating animals or playing strangulation games. Sometimes the activity has taken over someone's life to a dangerous extent as with certain drugs, picking bar fights or obsessive exercise to the point of repeated injuries.
I'll bet the upstate NY countryside is beautiful this time of year, and the only way to really get out and enjoy it involves skis or snowshoes. There's no point in staring at that paper or spreadsheet once your brain has shut down for the day. There is nothing like moving around, ideally under one's own power, to get one's brain cells refreshed.
What happened to “live and let live”?
Look, as someone trained in economics, I tend to think about externalities quite a bit. Which sometimes mean I am for strong arming people and crushing their “freedoms” (vaccines! And I would recognize that that logic can be applied to abortions… if life started at conception/a fertilized egg had a soul)
But if there no meaningful externalities - you do you. I even tend towards libertarianism when it comes to the “freedom” of destroying yourself ie im all for addiction treatment being available but pretty against limiting access to addictions
That sounds sensible to me. There are only two cases that tend to bother me. Sometimes the activity has serious negative aspects like drinking kerosene, mistreating animals or playing strangulation games. Sometimes the activity has taken over someone's life to a dangerous extent as with certain drugs, picking bar fights or obsessive exercise to the point of repeated injuries.
I'll bet the upstate NY countryside is beautiful this time of year, and the only way to really get out and enjoy it involves skis or snowshoes. There's no point in staring at that paper or spreadsheet once your brain has shut down for the day. There is nothing like moving around, ideally under one's own power, to get one's brain cells refreshed.