| Re: The "War on Drugs" [message #334701 is a reply to message #334611] |
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cheesesoda
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Location: Jackson, Michigan
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You just have to take the good with the bad. If you go with #2, you have to draw a line at some point in what you take away from people because everything and anything can be harmful whether they're used with malicious intent or done accidental. People won't be responsible for their actions if you give them an out, so the only thing you can truly do and not diminish the sense of responsibility in society is to leave people to their virtues and vices and punishes those that impede on the rights of others.
Again, the Harm Principle at work. I see no reason why my liberties should be diminished because other assholes are not careful. Plus, respect for the law diminishes when you take away too many things.
"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law." - Winston Churchill
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"The spirit of the law is greater than the law itself." - Winston Churchill(?)
whoa.
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