Somebody has to argue against extending the brute force of the law to encompass everything that anyone (well, anyone with political power) thinks is wrong. Tha

Somebody has to argue against extending the brute force of the law to encompass everything that anyone (well, anyone with political power) thinks is wrong. That's known as "totalitarianism". In pluralistic societies, people accept that many things they regard as immoral should be addressed by persuasion and other non-legalistic measures, rather than by throwing people in prison.