THE NANNY STATE: BRAIN ??? or HEART ???

MY WAY....or the "Highway" ???

Whose job is it to "legislate" social viewpoints ???

Is the "government" responsible for your sense of "morality"??? 

The "Nanny State" thinks they do a better job than "you" do....!! 

Conservative or Liberal?? Does Libertarianism mean Anarchy or Freedom??

Responsible parenting has changed over the years.....Where are we headed?? 

Is this a "Conservative" or "old-fashioned" outlook???   Perhaps, but......I also remember this:

Today.....it is OK to "just be yourself".....no need to conform to the "norms" once expected in civil society.
Technology has been good to us in most respects (available information, learning & such) but blatantly terrible in other respects (laziness & preoccupation with such technology, etc.)

Yes, the style of "parenting" has changed.   Every parent wants what's best for their child.....however, NOW it has become a necessity for the parent to PROVIDE IT rather than for the child to be taught how to EARN IT!!!

"In an era of scepticism and division, standing on rigid principle can be a blunder, it turns out: a tool for firing up partisans, useless for swaying voters in the middle. Though injustice still exists, today’s voters want to be wooed, not hectored."

Economist.com/blogs/lexington

NEVERTHELESS....It is sometimes difficult to remember that one should not decide right or wrong by trying to figure out how "YOU" feel about things.......IT IS REALLY ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD LET OTHERS DECIDE THINGS FOR THEMSELVES.
THAT.....is Libertarianism !!! I personally am a Conservative on most everything, but I believe others have the right to decide things for themselves....NOT BY GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION (the NANNY STATE)! Individual freedom and WITH A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILTY including that of providing the same lesson to your child if you are a parent!!