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Should we ban anything that could be damaging to people or addictive? Slippery slope.
by johng 1y ago
Should we ban anything that could be damaging to people or addictive? Slippery slope.
- gdulli 1y agoThis response is so predictable and facile as to be annoying.
- bdangubic 1y agoit is because large majority of the population cannot comprehend that (especially in america) they have very little freedom. so then you mention “ban” and we all go “oh shit this is a free country “slippery slope banning ____” however, all the shit that is already banned - ahhh that’s ok, just don’t ban any more thing (unless it is something I want to ban…)
- bdangubic 1y agowhy can’t my 12-year old snort cocaine in school tomorrow? that is banned for some reason…
- Ylpertnodi 1y agoYour 12-year old child *can snort cocaine in school tomorrow, if they want. Precluding availability, and/ or a physical restriction (by others) there is no reason why they can't. Or, are you talking about 'consequences'?
- bdangubic 1y agono, I am talking about laws which make cocaine illegal - didn’t realize I had to point that
- seanhunter 1y agoSlippery slope arguments are incredibly lazy. Debate the merits or otherwise of the specific thing suggested rather than some hypothetical other thing that may or may not come to pass.