I recently read a case that held a shop owner criminally liable for the acts of his customers, and was charged with Involuntary Manslaughter. This shopkeeper sold Sterno, a substance used for cooking and heating, to his customers. The customers then proceeded to drink the Sterno, outside of his store, in the privacy of their own home and then died from it. The court ruled that since he knew of their intentions to drink the Sterno, he should be liable for their actions.
In a typical socialist society, I could understand holding a store owner criminally liable for acts of others. However, here in the United States of America, we pride ourselves on not being socialists. In fact, America is the beacon of Capitalism. We should not be held responsible for the actions of others, but only for our own actions. In civil court, there are of course exceptions, but when it comes to depriving someone of their own freedom, how can this country state that a man can be detained and jailed because someone else decided to drink Sterno and end their life. The idea is so ridiculous to me that I was dumbfounded after reading the case.
Here's a hypothetical, a man walks into a hardware store. He is missing some fingers, and in fact where his thumb should be, he has bloody gause there. The man goes to purchase a saw. The store owner probably can assume that the man has sawn off his fingers and quite recently his thumb. But the store owner sells him the saw anyway. Later, it is found that the man has cut off his entire hand, and has bleed to death. Should we as a society, hold the owner of the hardware store responsible for the death of this stupid man?

I've also discovered that there are a number of people in this country that favor Good Samaritan laws. These are the laws that one must act if he sees a crime being committed by another or help someone that appears to need help. There are laws like this found in European Countries that are seemingly becoming more and more socialist. I'd like to say to those who would favor legislation of Good Samaritan laws.
I have a Constitutional Right not to give a damn! If I should want to help someone in need then I will, however, I will not live in a place that requires me to help someone else. This is the equivilent of slavery. The requiring of others to do something that they are not inclined to do themselves is slavery. This is a step in the wrong direction.
Finally, I have decided to post another picture. This one is of Petra Nemcova. Both her and Alessandra Ambrosio (pictured below) are fighting for a spot in the Road to the Final babe on 1280 The Zone's Website. To vote click here. Please support these two lovely ladies.