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Sounds good to me let's get rid of alcohol the US has a really unhealthy relationship with it anyway, let's do it. Lockdown protects the public health and has
by Grimm1 6y ago
Sounds good to me let's get rid of alcohol the US has a really unhealthy relationship with it anyway, let's do it.
Lockdown protects the public health and has long standing precedent. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/197/11 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/197/11
Just come out and say you're a selfish person who doesn't care if they harm people instead of hiding behind all of the pretense that it's restricting you too much.
- thekyle 6y agoGiven that the last time the U.S. banned alcohol it was a total disaster causing thousands of deaths, and we now live in a time where public sentiment towards many currently illegal drugs becoming legal is positive. I don't expect prohibition to come back any time soon.
- dredmorbius 6y agoCriminalising morality does tend to fare poorly. Setting responsibility at appropriate levels or behaviours (say, contributory negligence liability for drugs- or alcohol-based deaths or injury to the industry rather than individual users) might have merits. Effective determination and points of control can be thorny.
- just-juan-post 6y ago> selfish Ah I love the "selfish" card. Perhaps the pro-lockdown crowd is so selfish they helped 60% of businesses close. Perhaps the pro-lockdown crowd is so selfish that they helped tens of millions become unemployed. Perhaps the anti-choice crowd is so selfish that they restricted the choices of others due to their own fears. Perhaps. Perhaps my side is simply pro-choice.
- Grimm1 6y agoSounds like the governments fault. I don't believe in allowing choices that go against the grain of common sense and utilitarian consequence.