Should the goverment tell us what to do?

Question

http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8818645&nav=menu1344_2

Answer 1

if it protects the safety of civilians.  

Answer 2

Only if what we are doing affects people other than us.  

Answer 3

Only if it's for the good of all citizens...they need to have control without completely controlling people's lives

the attached story seems over-the-top though...

Answer 4

Thomas Jefferson said: "When people fear government, it is tyranny. When government fears the people, it is liberty".

While government must maintain a certain level of law and order, it is far too easy for government to become too powerful. Once that happens, we are doomed to living in a totalitarian reign of government control.  -RKO-

Answer 5

To a certain extent that's what it's there for; it makes laws which "tell us what to do".