Individual freedom quotes8/11/2023 ![]() The need for a marriage license is another instance, with those holding fast to the notion that true matrimonial commitment is not found on paper. I know my own dear Mother was prone to fudging hers on a regular basis, taking the view it was nobody’s business. ![]() There are many who find it overreach, and there are those, who find being older than they want to be seen as, very unhappy about the age thing. Virtually all countries and even some places where there is no government, require some form of identification document, which invariably has a name and a birth date. Source: Our World in Data Valid Government ID ![]() And in 1980, the World Health Assembly declared smallpox eradicated (eliminated), and there have been no cases of naturally occurring smallpox since that date. The last “natural outbreak” of smallpox in the United States occurred in 1949. We all know the happy ending to the smallpox story. The League asked, “We have repudiated religious tyranny we have rejected political tyranny shall we now submit to medical tyranny?” The Court’s decision mobilized the anti-vaccine movement and the Anti-Vaccination League of America was founded three years later to promote the principle that “health is nature’s greatest safeguard against disease and that therefore no State has the right to demand of anyone the impairment of his or her health”. With smallpox being “prevalent and increasing in Cambridge”, the regulation in question was “necessary in order to protect the public health and secure the public safety.” In particular, it held that mandatory vaccinations are neither arbitrary nor oppressive so long as they do not “go so far beyond what was reasonably required for the safety of the public”. In 1905, the Court upheld the authority of states to enforce compulsory vaccination laws. The case came to the United States Supreme Court. Cambridge pastor Henning Jacobson strongly objected, believing that his family may have some sort of hereditary condition that made the smallpox vaccine particularly dangerous. Using United States history as an example, in 1902, faced with an outbreak of smallpox, the Board of Health of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts adopted a regulation ordering the vaccination or revaccination of all its inhabitants. ![]() The exception may be where very rigorous enforcement and punishment is a fact, such as Singapore or authoritarian regimes like the People’s Republic of China.īy and large, the amount of protesting is probably most influenced by how much people in a country respect or fear authority and the legal process. Disobeying mandatory laws in this respect can still be seen daily on the streets and highways of many countries, in all regions. Helmets for motorcyclists (and bicyclists) generated similar reactions. Japan, for example, first made seat belts mandatory in the driver’s seat in 1971, but for back-seat passengers, it took until 2008 to become law. But to little effect, as many still rarely wear them. The Yugoslavian seat belt law became enforceable in 1985, carrying a fine equivalent to $75 (£150 adjusted for inflation) and was strictly enforced. In the late 1980s, Serbia (then former Yugoslavia) had one of the highest rates of road deaths in Europe. A Google search returns dozens of fake seatbelt t-shirts for sale (screenshot) Because many Italians honestly believed that the mere fact of pulling on a seatbelt brought bad luck, increasing the probability of an accident. ![]() That was one way to avoid being fined and yet not risk bringing “iella” (bad luck) on yourself. An enterprising firm in Naples immediately produced a range of T-shirts with a fake seatbelt carefully drawn across the wearer’s chest. Seatbelts, when first introduced as mandatory, created uprisings in many places, with resistance diminishing over time but lingering.įor example, in Italy, a law required in 1989 drivers and front-seat passengers to wear them. As some wring their hands on what is seen as unconscionable, it is worth looking in the rear-view mirror at past protests, some of which are ongoing. These can be considered fresh challenges to individual rights, of course, but not the first nor last battle of this kind. ![]()
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