A society is a group of individuals with different opinions on different issues. Many want cheese on their bread, others don't. Many enjoy American movies, others don't. Many enjoy the sun-set, others don't. All in all there is no way of saying everyone agrees on this and that or likes the same or even similar things. A tattoo on one person doesn't mean another person should get one. Heavy-metal music in my neighbor's stereos puts no pressure on what I put on mine.
This is a free society where each individual's choice is his and his alone to make or reject. Another kind of society is the unfree one. In an unfree society the opinions of the minority are sacrificed in the name of common will (which, by the way, is a tricky one to define). My taste for violent movies becomes an issue for politicians - should violent movies be allowed for everyone or no-one? My taste for a beer follows the same path, and the same goes for cannabis, sky-diving, boxing and what else there is to have a taste for.
As soon as politicians make it their business to "discuss" a certain hobby, food, chemical or opinion, the risk is that some new laws and regulations come to exist. Those new laws will then define when what is okay and when not, and usually it means the Minority which enjoys, likes or not-dislikes something is pushed to the side. When a politician is handed an issue to tackle he will more often than not sacrifice the Minority to please the Majority.
Don't we have a good definition of State-interference then?
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