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Make it legal....
by imran patel on Mar 04, 2008 09:35 PM   Permalink

Name me one government policy that was successful as a result of writing a LAW that makes the act ILLEGAL. If you can point out to one, I will rest my case.

If not, we have to explore other options to solving these problems.

Driving around without a license is ILLEGAL.

Is it enforced ?
People die because of that.
Is it not Prone to corruption ?

Think about it before responding.
Thanks,
-Imran.

Mr. Kaushik Das Responded:

SATI.

Now, please rest our hitleric case and do something useful.

My Response:

Dear Kaushik,
I should have been more specific.

If there are consenting adults, it is useless to write a LAW that will make their actions ILLEGAL.

As for your example of SATI, it is NOT a CONSENTING act. It was forced on the widow. Now lets take a different example. Suicide. If an individual wants to commit suicide, he/she will do it. They will not think if it is legal or illegal. Hence it is useless to have a LAW that states that "SUICIDE" is illegal.

Liqour was banned ? Did it work ?
Prostitution was banned ? Did it work ?

If there are consenting adults involved, it is practically impossible to stop it by making it ILLEGAL.

Education is a better way to stop it.

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