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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion
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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (5800)1/19/2007 10:07:53 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 10087
 
Passing a law does little to reduce consumption of a substance.

Its possible that's the case with consumption of illegal narcotics in the US, but its silly to claim it as a universal, and its not very well supported if your just applying it to narcotics. It would be more reasonable if you applied it to just narcotics (instead of making a universal claim), and if you just said that the laws against narcotics have not been conclusively shown to decrease use. Then you make a really solid hard to attack argument, and put the burden on the other guy to show the that the laws he supports, achieve what he wants to achieve. But if you just say that passing (and enforcing) a law does nothing as an absolute statement, you seem unreasonable and probably reduce your chance to convince those who are unsure about the issue.
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