A West Virginia lawmaker proposed a bill to ban the sale of Barbie and other similar dolls in the state because he believes they promote an unhealthy message to young girls.
Del. Jeff Eldridge (D) of Lincoln County, W. Va. said that although nobody will join him in signing on to the bill, he planned to proceed alone.
"I just hate the image that we give to our kids that if you're beautiful, you're beautiful and you don't have to be smart."
Eldridge may have a valid point, but what gives him the right to force his worldview on all of the citizens of West Virginia?
Nothing other than his sense of superiority and his access to power. Many politicians seem operate under the premise that if they can't sell their beliefs in the market place of ideas, they should simply force their worldview on society via the strong arm of government power.
Their "improvements" to society amount to nothing more than an erosion of liberty.
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