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Not if you believe that alcohol being legal is already wrong but are pragmatic about its pre-existing hold on society making it impossible to change. To be cle
by jonreem 9y ago
Not if you believe that alcohol being legal is already wrong but are pragmatic about its pre-existing hold on society making it impossible to change.
To be clear I don’t buy this argument since I disagree with the premise, but if you agree with the premise then it does make sense.
- xhedley 9y agoPre-existing hold plus the ingredients required to create ethanol (sugar, water, airborne or fruit or baking yeast, warmth) are legal and ubiquitous.
- StavrosK 9y agoThere isn't really a clear line that goes "you need to be less than THIS risky to be legal". We're comparing things with each other and kind of classifying them based on that. Alcohol and guns being legal definitely should move that line down, because it shows that, as a society, we're okay with some more risky things because <reasons>.