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The Government tried prohibition once before and even more people died from poisoning,gun violence because anything the government does to regulate run or repress turns to $#!t !
The biggest problem was the damage it did to the economy. It's not really a coincidence that it was repealed during the depths of the worst depression in history.
The biggest problem was the damage it did to the economy. It's not really a coincidence that it was repealed during the depths of the worst depression in history.
Was that really the biggest problem? How would you respond if I said that outlawing computers would help people with their internet addiction?
The biggest problem was the damage it did to the economy. It's not really a coincidence that it was repealed during the depths of the worst depression in history.
Depends on which part of the economy you are talking about.
The black market *boomed*. But prohibition also killed off artisanal breweries and distilleries. (AFAIK, very few moonshiners made quality liquor.) We didn't start getting those back until the past 20 years or so.
Alcoholism is terrible. I was a nurse in a past life, and taking care of a person who is finally succeeding in his quest to drink himself to death is a very sobering experience - literally. Yet alcohol is also undeniably a source of real pleasure to many more people than it harms, and some actually has health benefits. It's tricky.
I would ask you if you think it's fair to compare alcohol to computers.
Let's see. Both are addictive. Both allow you to connect to people superficially. Both can take up a lot of your productive time. There certainly are similarities. Does it matter? Or is this just you wanting to ban things you don't like but act like a victim when someone wants to ban something you like?
Let's see. Both are addictive. Both allow you to connect to people superficially. Both can take up a lot of your productive time. There certainly are similarities. Does it matter? Or is this just you wanting to ban things you don't like but act like a victim when someone wants to ban something you like?
I'm pretty sure that computers involve a lot more than 'connecting with people superficially'... in fact, computers are actually responsible for a lot of the productivity that you seem to think is so valuable. Seriously--do you think NASA would have reached the moon without computers? What if they had all been drunk instead?
I think what you have an issue with isn't computers so much as time-wasting software and forums such as this one... maybe that's a fair comparison. I might be able to argue that sitting here wasting time responding to you makes me less likely to get in a car accident or start a barroom brawl, though.
Anyways, why are you getting so upset and attacking me? All I said was that prohibition wasn't the complete disaster that some people think it is. Now suddenly I'm demanding that something (I don't even know what you think I'm advocating a ban for) should be banned?
I'm pretty sure that computers involve a lot more than 'connecting with people superficially'... in fact, computers are actually responsible for a lot of the productivity that you seem to think is so valuable. Seriously--do you think NASA would have reached the moon without computers? What if they had all been drunk instead?
I think what you have an issue with isn't computers so much as time-wasting software and forums such as this one... maybe that's a fair comparison. I might be able to argue that sitting here wasting time responding to you makes me less likely to get in a car accident or start a barroom brawl, though.
Anyways, why are you getting so upset and attacking me? All I said was that prohibition wasn't the complete disaster that some people think it is. Now suddenly I'm demanding that something (I don't even know what you think I'm advocating a ban for) should be banned?
This is the internet. I'm playing the Devil's advocate and I assume others including you play their God's Nemesis' advocate as well. I inflate your position for rhetorical purpose. If you can't handle that then maybe we should ban the internet so you won't get offended too much and hurt yourself? Ps why is reaching the Moon better than getting drunk? That's very subjective. And before you make up some dumbass reply, the great thing about this world is that you can have both things at the same time. Some people prefer to get ****faced drunk, others prefer to fly up to nowhere.
Ok, do people really not see that he's drawing parallels to gun control? All the reasons people are using against prohibition or alcohol control are the same as gun control. I think it went over the head of all but a couple posters.
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