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Originally Posted by Aliantha
Living in a society provides everyone in that society with benefits. The majority of us must agree to that because if not, we'd be living as hermits in caves, totally disconnected from society and the benefits there-of.
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But with the internet we have what fills the need for socializing, without the cost. My cave is air conditioned.
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If you want the benefits of living in society, that society has the right to say how you should live within it, so laws are created which suit the majority at the time of their making.
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Here there is one more hurdle. The desired law must pass Constitutional muster to make sure the majority didn't pass a law to fuck with the minority. That's the difference between our system and a pure democracy.
aside.... I believe using heroin is legal, while buying, selling, and possession is not. Isn't that why they take a user to the hospital instead of jail?