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Controlling violence is one of the primary justifications for government. You're comparing apples and oranges - Violent acts and prohibition of inanimate object
by provolone 8y ago
Controlling violence is one of the primary justifications for government. You're comparing apples and oranges - Violent acts and prohibition of inanimate objects don't fit in the same scope.
Prohibition of alcohol would be a more apt comparison.
- knorker 8y agoYou are not allowed to possess a knife in public (without good reason), nor are you allowed to own guns. Cars physically hurt people even when they aren't hitting people. I think your rule about possession being different from action doesn't hold water at all.
- provolone 8y agoBooks are also inanimate and have been banned throughout history. Cannabis is another interesting one. Lots of data and settled science about how terrible it was... Lately western nations have been walking that one back.
- knorker 8y agoYou are comparing books and the right to poison the air, not paying for the HUGE externalities it causes? If you're an ultra-libertarian I think you need to get your externality philosophy straightened out first in your model of utopia.