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They gave one - the US Prohibition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States#Development_of_the_prohibition_movement https://en.wikipedia.
by rob74 3y ago
They gave one - the US Prohibition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States#Development_of_the_prohibition_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_Stat...)
- prepend 3y agoI think that’s a bad example because it’s 100 years old and was reversed and, hopefully, is the last time the US does this. There are tons of “virtues” that aren’t resulting in laws- exercise is good, sugar is bad, coke is bad, etc etc Saying we shouldn’t encourage voluntary pledges to help our kids because it might be mandatory is probably not a good idea. The tangible benefit from the pledge seems more likely than the low risk of some future mandatory regulation.
- cataphract 3y agoEasy to find in the context of child rearing. Beating children was common, started being socially stigmatized and finally became considered child abuse. A more recent example: the ban on plastic straws. Lots of restaurants were shunning them before they became illegal in several jurisdictions
- Eisenstein 3y agoI mean, going with your 'it is bad so let's stop doing it' examples, we could add slavery, death penalty for heresy...
- gffrd 3y agoYeah, “don’t beat children” seems like a pretty good thing to have advanced as law. So the argument against is “that’s for me to decide!” and “some people are beaten and turn out fine!”?