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> people die because of the law to protect a monopoly More like people die because they (or, quite possibly other people) choose to break the law against drunk

• dllthomas 11y ago
  More like people die because they (or, quite possibly other people) choose to drive drunk. The presence of the law should help deter them from making that choice. But that doesn't establish that laws should always be followed or shouldn't be changed - it just supports the case that that law should be followed and should not be changed, which no one was arguing against. Other things also help decrease drunk driving. Healthy social norms can have a big impact. Convenient alternatives also has a big impact. What we're discussing here is a particular, especially convenient alternative. It is wrong to excuse people who put others' lives at risk because doing otherwise is inconvenient. But it is incorrect not to expect that some people will do so, and account for that as a part of the impact of laws.