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“Good Intentions” Do Not Justify the Ill Effects of Meddling State Bureaucrats

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I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

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A Rule Meant to Reduce Neurosurgeon’s Fatigue Went Terribly Wrong:
http://www.learnliberty.org/blog/good-intentions-bad-policy-neurosurgeon-regulation/

Richard Menger, a neurosurgery resident at Louisiana State University’s Health Sciences Center, tells a surprising tale in an article for the Foundation for Economic Education: how a rule meant to reduce doctors’ fatigue made neurosurgery less safe.

The rule was made with good intentions. Tired doctors are more likely to make mistakes, so by limiting the hours medical residents are permitted to work in a given week, there should be fewer tired doctors making fewer mistakes.

The good intentions didn’t lead to good results, however…

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: “Good intentions” don’t justify the ill effects of such activity…

Discussing Sudden Expiration of Driver’s License

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The following correspondence originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my post, “When Your Driver’s License Suddenly Expires“…

Rayn: I hate when this happens! It’s the WORST!

“When you’re cruising along and, suddenly, your driver’s license expires”

“When you’re cruising along and, suddenly, your driver’s license expires”

Darlene E.: lol

Murilo M.: ???? I don’t get it.

When Your Driver’s License Suddenly Expires

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Anarchy isn’t Terror,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"When you're cruising along and, suddenly, your driver's license expires"

“When you’re cruising along and, suddenly, your driver’s license expires”

My Commentary: I hate when this happens! It’s the WORST!

Check your Statist Privilege, Control-Freak!

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “The Great Work,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"Statists are not only willing to forfeit their freedom, and happily embrace government coercion...... But they're also arrogantly insistent that you will do the same, and they support government violence against you to gain your compliance."

“Statists are not only willing to forfeit their freedom, and happily embrace government coercion……
But they’re also arrogantly insistent that you will do the same, and they support government violence against you to gain your compliance.”

My Commentary: Check your Statist privilege, control-freak!

Never Forget That, in the End, Every Law is Enforced at Gunpoint, and Under Threat of Abduction and Imprisonment

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Voluntary Virtues Network,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"There should be a draft where every young person has to do one year of something - military, public works - something so that we feel invested in the same game, because that's the part we've lost." - John Stewart ""We should extort money from people and pay men with guns to force people to do arbitrary, and sometimes criminal things, for at least a year. That way, we'd all feel united as slaves." - Translation, by Jeff Berwick

“There should be a draft where every young person has to do one year of something – military, public works – something so that we feel invested in the same game, because that’s the part we’ve lost.” – John Stewart

“We should extort money from people and pay men with guns to force people to do arbitrary, and sometimes criminal things, for at least a year. That way, we’d all feel united as slaves.” – Translation, by Jeff Berwick

My Commentary: Never forget that, in the end, every law is enforced at gunpoint, and under threat of abduction and imprisonment. So, please stop suggesting the use of State violence against peaceful people in your hopelessly naive, pathetically misguided attempt to “help.”

Think volunteer public service is a good idea? Cool! Then, get off your ass, and get to work! Try leading by example, and stop stooping to coercion!