Can you truly protect the stupid from themselves?

My brother's wife and I were talking via IM tonight and we were talking about MySpace. Specifically about how just finds it humorous how much personal information people put on their MySpace profiles and then wonder why their identity has been stolen or they end up getting stalked. There are also people who are complaining because employers are now scouring MySpace looking to see if a potential candidate has a profile and how they are presenting themselves in said profile. After all, once hired, they are going to be representative of the company and they don't want to hire some guy who posts pictures of himself passed out drunk with wet pants and empty beer cans all around himself.

My sister-in-law had heard that there are people who want to pass legislation that protects these people from themselves. As she so aptly pointed out, legislation can never stop people from being stupid. They can only punish those who take advantage of the stupid.

It just seems like people want more and more laws to protect people from the liability of making bad decisions.