Typical

Ok, by a show of hands, who here is interested in hearing more about that drunk fan running onto the field during the Bengals/Packers game last October? Most sports fans can tell you that running onto the field is not anything new. To sports fans, it is annoying (sometimes amusing) for a game to be interrupted, but it is one of those things that happens every so often. Why does government need to get involved?A drunken fan runs onto the field. A politician (in this case, State Rep Bill Seitz) goes on TV talking about he will stop this from happening again by passing yet another law. This law will increase the punishment for interrupting an event (this includes stage plays, events in arenas, as well as sporting events in stadiums). So he wants to make something that is already illegal, even more illegal. Prosecutor Joe Deters is now personally handling this case to show the voters that he is not tolerating such behavior. As a sports fan, I don't like it when somebody interrupts a game like that. Unfortunately, it is one of those imperfect things that happen in an imperfect world. But do our politicians really need to get involved to show that they are being 'tough on annoyances'? This may not be a top issue in Columbus, but it certainly should be a bit chilling to people who support liberty. Do lawmakers really think they can stop drunken fans from running out onto the field? Do we really need to make a political issue out of it?

Unfortunately, our lawmakers think so. This is the same reason why they feel it necessary to pass laws to tell people how to save for retirement, what drugs you can and cannot take, what medicines a doctor can and cannot tell you to take, etc

As long as lawmakers think they can pass any law to make life better, I will continue to be reminded of why I became a Libertarian.