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I agree with you, for what it’s worth, re: booze and drugs. Bartenders and dispensaries aren’t predators. Pimps and organ harvesters are.
by gorgoiler 4y ago
I agree with you, for what it’s worth, re: booze and drugs. Bartenders and dispensaries aren’t predators. Pimps and organ harvesters are.
- hackerlight 4y agoWhether a person/group is defined with the label "predator" is uninteresting. Because that is about definitions of words and categories, which has no consequence on policy. The right question is what policies help people, and what policies hurt people. Morally charged judgements cloud our thinking. I can easily argue that alcohol sales are predatory. They are often selling to alcoholics who are damaging their bodies. They contribute to drunk driving deaths and domestic violence. But there is no policy corollary or implication to me doing that.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoThere are only bartenders and dispensaries because it's legal. People made the same argument before for bootleggers and drug dealers.