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i think you haven't research the problem at all. banning never works. no circumstance makes banning stuff acceptable. you can however limit access. otherwise y
by kmlx 7y ago
i think you haven't research the problem at all.
banning never works. no circumstance makes banning stuff acceptable. you can however limit access. otherwise you're just exploiting your own fears to drive people into doing your bidding.
- digitalengineer 7y agoThen ban advertising of ANY kind for tabacco-related products. No cool kids or influencers, no flashy magazines, no outdoor ads and so on.
- ferzul 7y agoyes, the worst thing about the hitman trade is that it's unregulated so you can't get your money back if they kill you instead since the other guy offered a better rate. better to legalize it so these disputes can be resolved in court. and to keep regulations to a minimum so the industry can continue to innovate exciting new options. i completely agree that the ban on murder for hire has been a total failure and should be rescinded immediately.
- kmlx 7y agohow's the war on drugs going?
- wpietri 7y agoYou seem to be mixing up a factual claim with what is almost a religious one. Banning stuff does in fact work. The Consumer Products Safety Commission has banned all sorts of stuff: https://www.cpsc.gov/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Regulations-Mandatory-Standards-Bans https://www.cpsc.gov/Regulations-Laws--Standards/Regulations... Despite that, Mexican cartels aren't selling shoddy cribs and high chairs on the streetcorner. Automotive regulators have banned a wide variety of unsafe things as well, but people aren't sneakily removing their dashboard padding and the like. It's true that banning some things doesn't work, and I'm generally against drug prohibitions. But I think banning Juul will probably work just fine, because we aren't banning the substance entirely, just a delivery mechanism.
- kmlx 7y agosorry that i didn't make it more clear, but in the context of the discussion i thought it was obvious i was referring to addictive substances. it appears it wasn't obvious. i would say that a ban on juul but not on tobacco would be (and is) a joke. and since we're banning stuff, alcohol would be another one.