Addicted to Health

Addicted to Health is an essay by Robert H. Bork. It talks about how the government controls issues that deal with are health such as smoking and drinking. It is against the government trying to control are lives because it seems like they are always trying to control more and more and it will never stop until they control us completely. I kind of agree with this essay but not completely. It makes the argument that people should be able to smoke wherever they want. Yes I believe this as long as everyone around them is ok with the second hand smoke, because if they are not then you are taking away from their rights. Well for the most part I agree with this essay, as long as you are not hurting anyone else than I think all people should be able to do what they want and not be limited by the laws of the government. The essay also makes a really good argument that if the government wants to save lives then why do so many people die in car accidents each year. The government could easily lower the top speeds on cars to 60 miles an hour and it would save many lives, but they don’t. Well overall I thought this was a really good essay. It really makes you think how even in a democracy we still don’t have total freedom, but imp still happy with the freedoms we do have. I guess that people have to have some of their freedoms taken away for others to be free, but I think a line needs to be drawn and made sure its not past, because a democracy can easily turn in to a dictatorship.