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You know what else is a huge waste of energy? Video games. They produce negative value. Should we regulate them? Should you even be allowed to play them?
by solean 8y ago
You know what else is a huge waste of energy? Video games. They produce negative value. Should we regulate them? Should you even be allowed to play them?
- DFHippie 8y agoThis argument comes down to "we can't regulate anything if we don't regulate everything". You could use the same argument to say everyone should have nuclear weapons if they're allowed to have toothpicks. It's a slippery slope! Given that we all accept some things should be regulated/disallowed, we can set aside the slippery slope argument and try to decide what the threshold for societal good or harm should be. Should you be allowed to dump CFCs into the atmosphere? How about lead in the drinking water? Can you defoliate the rain forest for your own amusement? Can you fire machine guns into the air over a city and let the bullets fall where they may? People disagree about where the threshold is, but they generally agree that there is some threshold.