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thaumasiotes · 2023-11-13 08:36:50

If the only problem with something is that it's illegal, why not stop making it illegal?

naikrovek | karma 5388 | avg karma 1.89 · | 2023-07-04 13:54:06

you're right. making an activity illegal always stops it.

wheelerwj | karma 1730 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2016-11-15 02:37:59+00:00

We make things illegal for a reason. Often times, a very good reason. And there will continue to be very good reasons to ban things from society.

But just because we made it illegal once doesn't mean it should stay illegal.

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fauigerzigerk | karma 15398 | avg karma 2.9 · | 2017-03-26 12:09:02

Couldn't we just ban everything illegal outright? Why take so many detours?

robertlagrant | karma 11405 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2021-10-10 11:10:37

Stop making things illegal. Find a smarter way.

zepto | karma 7190 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2020-12-03 03:35:37+00:00

Make what illegal?

jefftk | karma 22506 | avg karma 4.92 · | 2022-11-11 13:03:04

Things are legal by default. What's the argument for banning it?

konschubert | karma 7289 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2022-08-09 06:01:44

How about we start with not making stuff illegal that we don't want to enforce?

bayindirh | karma 13622 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2023-02-02 11:32:52

This is what I was trying to point too, and why I added the "ban it, then" argument. Because there's a considerable amount of people who operate with the "if it's not illegal, then I can do this" mindset, and there's a big intersection of this two mindsets.

At least putting a ban on it will make people think, I hope.

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magicGLASSman | karma 44 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2016-02-14 09:44:46+00:00

Yeah, because having the goverment regulate something makes it stop. That is like saying no one is using drugs now because of the war on drugs.

xwdv | karma 1003 | avg karma 0.21 · | 2023-09-28 07:41:08

If you make it illegal it vastly limits the potential for things we could do, that may not have been thought of yet. It stifles innovation.

multimoon | karma 288 | avg karma 2.91 · | 2024-03-21 13:14:14

It’s typical politician shortsightedness, as there will just be another product that arises.

Banning one of the many specific parts to do an illegal thing rarely ever makes the illegal thing harder to do.

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pingpongchef | karma 94 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2019-07-29 23:12:39

What reasons are there to make them illegal?

delecti | karma 8587 | avg karma 3.16 · | 2023-10-03 11:31:04

Your argument seems to be: why stop the little guys from doing something illegal if the big guys are doing it too? We should ideally stop them all, but it isn't surprising that the blatant examples of illegality are stopped first.

fredley | karma 11683 | avg karma 6.88 · | 2018-06-20 10:55:22+00:00

Would making it illegal have prevented this?

PontifexMinimus | karma 572 | avg karma 2.49 · | 2022-09-10 12:28:07

You might equally argue that murder should be legal, as banning it won't stop it happening.

Making something illegal rarely prevents it completely, but very often reduces it.

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jlarocco | karma 7189 | avg karma 2.49 · | 2019-09-05 00:41:37+00:00

And why stop there? Let's outlaw everything people enjoy doing. It's for their own good.

diebeforei485 | karma 4238 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2022-11-29 15:23:43

If something should be banned, perhaps it should be made illegal.

breakfastduck | karma 2640 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2021-11-19 04:58:45

We all know making things illegal means no one will ever do them again, obviously /s

dllthomas | karma 14749 | avg karma 1.38 · | 2014-09-18 09:09:53

It's part of a strong argument for making them illegal. You'd also need to show that making them illegal actually decreases the rate at which that happens.