Every year, tens of thousands of Americans die in auto-accidents, one of the leading killers of Americans. Nearly 1/3rd of those accidents involve drivers under the influence of *******. People who **** individuals under the influence of ******* are often charged only with manslaughter, and some far less, because ******* removes the direct intent, leaving only indirect intent (depending on legal jurisdiction).
Every year, tens of thousands of young Americans fail out of school due to ******* *****. Moving the ******** age from 18 to 21, done to avoid ***** by younger Americans who are considered less responsible, has done absolutely nothing and the statistics have only gotten worse as a result.
Every year, milions of Americans fall victim to domestic ********, and a overwhelming majority of them are ******* related. The American Football Superbowl is both the leading day of alocohol consumption and the leading day of reports of spousal *****.
Irresponsible Americans ***** the consumption of ******* every day, harming far more people than themselves. Not only do ******* who drive cars and cause other events that result injury and even **** far more than people withy firearms, but many firearm-related injury and deaths are actually caused by *******. Yet while ***** of ******** causes so much harm to others, we have an entire medical focus on smoking and other self-inflicted, over-indulged substances which largely harm only those people who do it. Or at least the harm of second hand smoke is far less than those who are victims of *******-related ******.
I don't *****. I have never consumed ******* in life. I'm utterly ignorant of the first-person experience of what ******* does to your body, mind and ability to make decisions. I make a choice not to *****, which is responsible. Ironically enough, people who know they will be irresponsible when they ***** make the irresponsible decision to ***** when they are sober. This is something I don't understand.
But it doesn't matter what why. The statistics don't lie. We can wipe out a good portion of auto accidents, domestic *****, academic failure and many other aspects by outlawing ******* consumption in the US. This would also include preventing a signficiant number of ******** acts due to discharge of firearms (not always crime-related), non-firearm violent crimes, and other instances of bodily harm as well.
Americans have shown they are not responsible when it come to ******* consumption. There is no right to consuming ******* in the US Constitution. In fact, shortly after women gained the right to vote, the Eighteeth Amendement outlawed *******. Although organized crime resulted in ******* trafficing, the resulting statistics in the reductions of ******** -- both crime and domestic-related -- were extremely significant. In fact, the war on ***** (at least hard core *****) does make an impact, and while there would still be ******* trafficing because of the continued addiction, the overall crime would be reduced.
In fact, organized crime just finds another vice when one is allowed, and often related. E.g., the ******** girl sex trade is currently the 3rd largest revenue model for organized crime in the US. It is outlawed as well. Outlawing ******* won't eliminate the ****** and resulting harm and ********, but it will bring it down. Just like outlawing (at least) hardcore *****, majority with minority sex, etc... prevents irresponsible people from harming others. In fact, outlawing ******* will bring down those crimes as well, because ******* is typically related (especially when it comes to ******** sex, especially a major with a *****).
I don't see any need or right to ******* consumption. In fact, I've shown that there are far more irresponsible people, or other people affected by irresponsible people, when it comes to ******* consumption, than when it comes to responsible consumption. I don't understand why people can't just abstain from ******* consumption period, and follow my views. It's not like ******* controls wildlife population like hunting, or deters crime in areas where legal and private *** ownership is high.
There is absolutely no reason or need for ******* consumption. In fact, the arguments made of 1 glass of **** a day is also used for medicinal purposes of ********* too. These extremely limited, isolated and clearly "questionable" benefits are far, far less helpful than "rights" than even hunting or *** control is to wildlife population and the deterence of crime -- especially when you consider that there is far greater ***** of legal ******* and (should it ever be legal) ********* than the small portion of the population that ****** legal hunting or *** ownership.
And the reason is simple. When your judgement is not impared, most people make the right -- or at least legally allowed -- decision. ******* and **** ***** impair people from not only making the right or legally allowed decisions, but actually give them the legal excuse (in many jurisdictions) to be assigned indirect or lesser blame than had they done them while not under the influence. That is the ultimate problem right there.
And why ******* consumption must be made ******* in the US, like any other ****. People are too irresponsible, and too many responsible people become irresponsible under its influence, just like a ****. And the ultimate reason is that it serves virtually no benefit, unlike many other allowed and legal acts when people are sober. In fact, it causes they to ***** those rights, then not be held as accountable, because they are under the influence.
Thus, and a further benefit, much irresponsibility would be eliminated as a result -- such as when people ***** while hunting.
- ProfV
P.S. If you don't know where my thoughts are coming from (and why this is "tongue-in-cheek"), please read my posts in the Hunting thread ...
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Every year, tens of thousands of young Americans fail out of school due to ******* *****. Moving the ******** age from 18 to 21, done to avoid ***** by younger Americans who are considered less responsible, has done absolutely nothing and the statistics have only gotten worse as a result.
Every year, milions of Americans fall victim to domestic ********, and a overwhelming majority of them are ******* related. The American Football Superbowl is both the leading day of alocohol consumption and the leading day of reports of spousal *****.
Irresponsible Americans ***** the consumption of ******* every day, harming far more people than themselves. Not only do ******* who drive cars and cause other events that result injury and even **** far more than people withy firearms, but many firearm-related injury and deaths are actually caused by *******. Yet while ***** of ******** causes so much harm to others, we have an entire medical focus on smoking and other self-inflicted, over-indulged substances which largely harm only those people who do it. Or at least the harm of second hand smoke is far less than those who are victims of *******-related ******.
I don't *****. I have never consumed ******* in life. I'm utterly ignorant of the first-person experience of what ******* does to your body, mind and ability to make decisions. I make a choice not to *****, which is responsible. Ironically enough, people who know they will be irresponsible when they ***** make the irresponsible decision to ***** when they are sober. This is something I don't understand.
But it doesn't matter what why. The statistics don't lie. We can wipe out a good portion of auto accidents, domestic *****, academic failure and many other aspects by outlawing ******* consumption in the US. This would also include preventing a signficiant number of ******** acts due to discharge of firearms (not always crime-related), non-firearm violent crimes, and other instances of bodily harm as well.
Americans have shown they are not responsible when it come to ******* consumption. There is no right to consuming ******* in the US Constitution. In fact, shortly after women gained the right to vote, the Eighteeth Amendement outlawed *******. Although organized crime resulted in ******* trafficing, the resulting statistics in the reductions of ******** -- both crime and domestic-related -- were extremely significant. In fact, the war on ***** (at least hard core *****) does make an impact, and while there would still be ******* trafficing because of the continued addiction, the overall crime would be reduced.
In fact, organized crime just finds another vice when one is allowed, and often related. E.g., the ******** girl sex trade is currently the 3rd largest revenue model for organized crime in the US. It is outlawed as well. Outlawing ******* won't eliminate the ****** and resulting harm and ********, but it will bring it down. Just like outlawing (at least) hardcore *****, majority with minority sex, etc... prevents irresponsible people from harming others. In fact, outlawing ******* will bring down those crimes as well, because ******* is typically related (especially when it comes to ******** sex, especially a major with a *****).
I don't see any need or right to ******* consumption. In fact, I've shown that there are far more irresponsible people, or other people affected by irresponsible people, when it comes to ******* consumption, than when it comes to responsible consumption. I don't understand why people can't just abstain from ******* consumption period, and follow my views. It's not like ******* controls wildlife population like hunting, or deters crime in areas where legal and private *** ownership is high.
There is absolutely no reason or need for ******* consumption. In fact, the arguments made of 1 glass of **** a day is also used for medicinal purposes of ********* too. These extremely limited, isolated and clearly "questionable" benefits are far, far less helpful than "rights" than even hunting or *** control is to wildlife population and the deterence of crime -- especially when you consider that there is far greater ***** of legal ******* and (should it ever be legal) ********* than the small portion of the population that ****** legal hunting or *** ownership.
And the reason is simple. When your judgement is not impared, most people make the right -- or at least legally allowed -- decision. ******* and **** ***** impair people from not only making the right or legally allowed decisions, but actually give them the legal excuse (in many jurisdictions) to be assigned indirect or lesser blame than had they done them while not under the influence. That is the ultimate problem right there.
And why ******* consumption must be made ******* in the US, like any other ****. People are too irresponsible, and too many responsible people become irresponsible under its influence, just like a ****. And the ultimate reason is that it serves virtually no benefit, unlike many other allowed and legal acts when people are sober. In fact, it causes they to ***** those rights, then not be held as accountable, because they are under the influence.
Thus, and a further benefit, much irresponsibility would be eliminated as a result -- such as when people ***** while hunting.
- ProfV
P.S. If you don't know where my thoughts are coming from (and why this is "tongue-in-cheek"), please read my posts in the Hunting thread ...
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