3rd March 2007, 10:30 PM
I think a lot of these things aren't quite black and white.
For instance, hard drugs do only directly affect the user, but some of them are virulently destructive, and the thing about living in a society is that it is extremely hard to be just your own person. In the end, everything you do is going to affect someone else, and drugs do little that is good on that end. So, on that end, no.
But, I don't lump pot in here. I fully support legalization and regulation.
Abortion is certainly a black and white thing, perhaps the worst of them since there's a life at stake that has no say in the matter. I do believe life begins at conception, but then again I see so many instances of children living lives no kid should ever have to endure, born into situations that should never be. Also, there is the fact that sometimes there is a health risk for the mom. But, then again, abortion is often used as a tool of convenience, and that I hate passionately.
Sucide bothers me in the same way. There's just no good, all-encompassing right or wrong answer there.
Gambling? Hell yes. I indulge sometimes. Like many things, it's fun when used in moderation, and dangerous if abused.
Prostition should be legalized and heavily regulated. There's nothing but morals involved with its illegality, and the prostitutes that work now number in the millions, and few of them are in healthy, safe situations.
For instance, hard drugs do only directly affect the user, but some of them are virulently destructive, and the thing about living in a society is that it is extremely hard to be just your own person. In the end, everything you do is going to affect someone else, and drugs do little that is good on that end. So, on that end, no.
But, I don't lump pot in here. I fully support legalization and regulation.
Abortion is certainly a black and white thing, perhaps the worst of them since there's a life at stake that has no say in the matter. I do believe life begins at conception, but then again I see so many instances of children living lives no kid should ever have to endure, born into situations that should never be. Also, there is the fact that sometimes there is a health risk for the mom. But, then again, abortion is often used as a tool of convenience, and that I hate passionately.
Sucide bothers me in the same way. There's just no good, all-encompassing right or wrong answer there.
Gambling? Hell yes. I indulge sometimes. Like many things, it's fun when used in moderation, and dangerous if abused.
Prostition should be legalized and heavily regulated. There's nothing but morals involved with its illegality, and the prostitutes that work now number in the millions, and few of them are in healthy, safe situations.
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