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You might equally argue that murder should be legal, as banning it won't stop it happening. Making something illegal rarely prevents it completely, but very of
by PontifexMinimus 4y ago
You might equally argue that murder should be legal, as banning it won't stop it happening.
Making something illegal rarely prevents it completely, but very often reduces it.
- cwalv 4y agoIt very often reduces it, and also often has unintended consequences (e.g. prohibition era in the US). In the context of the parent's point, that when "the open method is banned, people will start using layers of indirection", it's not hard to think of some unintended consequences that could end up worse than the original problem.