The fundamental problem is that governments become corrupt - rapidly. And Governments will go and pass laws - it's their nature.
I'm starting to slip into a mindset where government is largely irrelevant to me. I am a sentient being - a fully-formed, rational, thinking and active person, who takes in a huge amount of information every second, then considers that information, puts it in various contexts, imagines possible situations based on that information, then acts in accordance with what I believe is "right". My notion of "right" is fairly simple. I beleive in dignity, responsibility, and furtherance of oneself so long as such furtherance is not at the involuntary expense of others. When the ship lifts, all debts are paid - no regrets.
"Laws" are not for moral people. Laws are for unformed nearly-people who cannot make a rational value judgement for themselves. This is a sweeping statement, massively overgeneralised - but you get the gist. The Law is a social contract backed up by force of arms, because there are malformed people out there who believe that taking what they want by force is OK because either that Can, or they Won't Get Caught, or worst Because It Was Done To Them.
As a moral person, a thinking person, I don't need laws to keep me from interfering with children. I don't need laws to stop me from hurting someone 'cause I'm drunk and in a bad mood. I don't need laws to stop me from stealing. My mind and my heart combine to perform these functions.
Nor do I need a law telling me that I can be an agnostic, that I can smoke a cigarette in my home, or that I can drink this here glass of sambuca 'cause it's 0142 and I can't sleep. Other people will need to have these peices of paper, these mass-franchise stamps of authenticity permitting or denying. Myself, I can do my own thinking, and I can tell right from wrong.
Selah.
