I guess to me, it comes down to the question of, how restrictive should laws be? And should laws be more relaxed for some people? For example, I consider myself a fairly good driver — I’m alert, and I’ve never had an accident (knock on wood). I tend to drive fast, but not in an unsafe manner. In an ideal world, without getting into how it would be enforced, I think I should be allowed to drive faster than the 80-year-old woman who can barely see over her dashboard.

i agree with you that people are just too collectively stupid not to have laws. and with the fact that some people probably shouldn’t be allowed to contribute to the gene pool/raise children.

but that in particular would be difficult and awful to enforce and makes one wonder about the standards that would be used. i have a feeling that some people i know (and for that matter possibly some i’m related to) wouldn’t exist today. (that wasn’t aimed at you, just a general comment…)

people will be human, which means flawed. they won’t make the right decisions, or they might make ones that are good for them but bad for others/society.
the decision to do something that would ensure the survival of society, but at a personal cost, or at the cost of others, is not a decision that people make very easily. it’s far too easy to see the faces that might not exist.