>we've seen thought the history of time that it's ok to punish otherwise-acceptable behavior as long as it acts as an insurance in order to prevent more harmful

>we've seen thought the history of time that it's ok to punish otherwise-acceptable behavior as long as it acts as an insurance in order to prevent more harmful acts. I doubt there's actually any evidence for it. It's not that I don't understand the rationale behind it, it's that I reject it. Outlawing something merely because of the potential for abuse/escalation is almost always a slippery slope argument of the fallacious kind.