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Originally Posted by Waxy
I realize there's devil's advocate involved here, but this logic is extremely poor.
Reductio ad absurdum alert!!!! 
There's theft going on all the time, we can't seem to stop it, so rather than keeping theft illegal, maybe we should simply try to manage it. Clearly that line of logic makes no sense. If there's illegal activity going on, put an end to the illegal activity. |
Actually, the logic is poor, but the question is valid. We have laws which address many aspects of life as a communal society. The fact that the activities are ongoing speaks to the need for the law. Should all illegal activities cease to exist the need for laws themselves would cease to exist. Ever present with the existence of laws is the requirement for policing to enforce the laws and the difficulties associated with enforcement. The law themselves exist as a reflection of the will of the people who make up the society and the cost of policing the laws is borne by those same people - whose ability (and certainly willingness) to pay is somewhat limited. We have seen many examples where laws were changed to reflect a change in attitude of the people - sometimes because of a difficulty in enforcement that was deemed no longer worth the fight such as with prohibition. We have a segment of society applying the same logic now to marijuana laws. We have seen the relaxing of laws pertaining to gambling in our society here in Alberta. At the same time other laws are becoming more restrictive such as the smoking and trans fat bylaws.
The question is, are we as a society ready to give up our traditional right to free access to the people's game. I am not.