Neocon, my views of the roads are perhaps the exception that prove the rule in my belief system. The highway system belongs to no one, can't be privatized in a reasonable fashion, and affects every single person in the country, including the most extreme agoraphobe.
It makes more sense that pornographic images are a symptom of a problem rather than a cause. If 9 out of 10 viewers of pornography commit rape, what of the 10th? Why should he suffer for the acts of the other 9? It is the act that should be punished, and not peripheral activities. I believe one could make a reasonable argument for incarcerating all men under that logic. After all, practically all violent crimes are committed by men, and quite the majority of violent crime committed by women is inspired by men. Perhaps with cloning and some further advances of science, we'll be able to do away with the Y chromosome completely.
Your arguments about Prohibition that you claim to be mine aren't accurate representations of my views either. If you really think it's not almost as easy to produce bootleg drugs as bootleg liquor, you obviously don't have much practical experience in the matter. The red herring about the number of users of the particular substance is the tyranny of the majority at its finest. Another red herring is that alcohol is the only drug that can be enjoyed in moderation. It isn't so, but regardless, is irrelevant. If we're talking about harm to the community, and laying the blame for the harm caused by people at the feet of the drug they've ingested, alcohol is the clear, hands down winner for destructive impact. If that is criteria for prohibiting the substance, it is hypocritical to argue the alcohol should not be banned. Your argument in regard to alcohol vis a vis other drugs is inconsistent.
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