The great crusade to ban alcohol. Should we?

[Aurulie]

And if they have kids? Smoking like drinking, religion, and conservatism should be banned, nothing good comes from it.

The fact that you can casually toss smoking, drinking, religion, and conservatism into a single bin branded "TOUCH NOT: DOES NOT GOOD MAKE" is both amusingly and appallingly ignorant, but that's for a different thread.

The fact that you can let these things ruin society is disturbing. Death comes out of all of them.

[Cyrisnia]

I am for a prohibition on senseless authoritarianism.

I'm not an authoritatian.

I'm not Zoroastrian.

EDIT: to clarify before shit goes down that was sarcasm

[New haven america]

No.

[Nord Amour]

I am for a prohibition on senseless authoritarianism.

I'm not an authoritatian.

"expecting or requiring people to obey rules or laws : not allowing personal freedom"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictiona ... itarianism

Prohibitions and banning religion are symptoms of authoritarianism.

[Scomagia]

And how would you actually go into someone's head to get it out?

What's your plan, mass brain surgery?

Let them die off.

They'll pass on the knowledge. You really, really don't understand how stupid your idea is. Short of monitoring every home, alcohol will still be widely consumed. Since monitoring every home is impossible....

[Aurulie]

We shouldn't do this as we got the thread locked, but TG me.

Hey, you made the nonsensical claim, but if you'd like to get back to the actual topic, then by all means.

What is so special about you that your desire to end drinking should be more important than the right of everyone else to make their own decisions about what to put into their bodies?

Because people aren't smart, so the government needs to step in to help.

[Inzijard]

The fact that you can casually toss smoking, drinking, religion, and conservatism into a single bin branded "TOUCH NOT: DOES NOT GOOD MAKE" is both amusingly and appallingly ignorant, but that's for a different thread.

The fact that you can let these things ruin society is disturbing. Death comes out of all of them.

Further evidencing the extent of your ignorance. I am not a proponent of alcohol, and as I have stated I do not believe that it is healthy. I also don't believe that we should sit back and let these things happen. However, I am also a realist, and your propositions hail from absurdity.

[Nord Amour]

I'm not an authoritatian.

I'm not Zoroastrian.

EDIT: to clarify before shit goes down that was sarcasm

I'm not human. I have examined the evidence, done research, and will continue to hold the opinion that I am not a human.

[Novia Soviet Socialist Republic]

Let them die off.

They'll pass on the knowledge. You really, really don't understand how stupid your idea is.

Bankrupting a government in a massive project to install security cameras everywhere, even inside your neighbors dog along with hiring more police just to catch people drinking, selling and brewing alcohol sounds like a good idea to me. I don't see how anything can go wrong with it at all.

[Scomagia]

Hey, you made the nonsensical claim, but if you'd like to get back to the actual topic, then by all means.

What is so special about you that your desire to end drinking should be more important than the right of everyone else to make their own decisions about what to put into their bodies?

Because people aren't smart, so the government needs to step in to help.

Governments are made of.........

[The New Age Republic]

BAN IT! BAN EVERYTHING!

[WestRedMaple]

I am for a prohibition on senseless authoritarianism.

I'm not an authoritatian.

That's clearly not true.

You want to force your own desires on others.

Desiring such a strict obedience to supposed authority at the expense of freedom is, by definition, authoritarian.

At least own up to your position

[Aurulie]

I'm not an authoritatian.

"expecting or requiring people to obey rules or laws : not allowing personal freedom"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictiona ... itarianism

Prohibitions and banning religion are symptoms of authoritarianism.

So is outlawing murder by the provided definition.

[Aurulie]

Because people aren't smart, so the government needs to step in to help.

Governments are made of.........

The best society has to offer.

[Inzijard]

Because people aren't smart, so the government needs to step in to help.

Governments are made of.........

Analytical, rational, and completely trustworthy artificial intelligences.

[The Two Jerseys]

Because people aren't smart, so the government needs to step in to help.

Governments are made of.........

Apparently politicians and lawyers aren't people.

But we already knew that.

[Immoren]

Governments are made of.........

Analytical, rational, and completely trustworthy artificial intelligences.

IF only this was Culture.

[Aurulie]

Let them die off.

They'll pass on the knowledge. You really, really don't understand how stupid your idea is. Short of monitoring every home, alcohol will still be widely consumed. Since monitoring every home is impossible....

No, since most people have credit cards, bills, and etc., we can monitor them easily.

[Novia Soviet Socialist Republic]

Governments are made of.........

The best society has to offer.

Well looking at your signature it appears you aren't a fan of Bush. Are you sure the government is the best society has to offer?

[Nord Amour]

"expecting or requiring people to obey rules or laws : not allowing personal freedom"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictiona ... itarianism

Prohibitions and banning religion are symptoms of authoritarianism.

So is outlawing murder by the provided definition.

Murder isn't just banned by laws, it's banned by common sense.

Besides, the second part of the definition refers to restricting freedoms. Murder is banned because it hurts people and restricts freedoms. You want to ban alcohol even though this restricts freedoms and does not necessarily help people.

[T Roosevelt]

BAN IT! BAN EVERYTHING!

Not everything, only recreational cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco cigarettes.

[WestRedMaple]

So a ban needing generations to fully go into effect. And how do you propose that it be prevented from being passed along?

By surveillance and police checks.

And where are you going to find ten or twenty million people to watch everyone else? Where are you going to get the economic ability to have that many people watching others rather than actually contributing anything?

[Inzijard]

Analytical, rational, and completely trustworthy artificial intelligences.

IF only this was Culture.

Culture!

I support this.

[Solaray]

So is outlawing murder by the provided definition.

Murder isn't just banned by laws, it's banned by common sense.

Besides, the second part of the definition refers to restricting freedoms. Murder is banned because it hurts people and restricts freedoms. You want to ban alcohol even though this restricts freedoms and does not necessarily help people.

But don't ya know? Alcohol is bad, and will always cause destruction and sorrow for all who partake in even the daintiest of sips.

[Solaray]

BAN IT! BAN EVERYTHING!

Not everything, only recreational cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco cigarettes.

But meth, heroin and crack are aight?