Posted by Cass on January 4, 2000, at 1:01:49
In reply to Re: I think it's safe here..., posted by Scott L. Schofield on January 3, 2000, at 10:07:34
> Do you exclude those who self-medicate using drugs that induce violent behaviors in five percent of those who take them? Should such drugs remain available so that the majority for whom they produce pleasant effects can have them.
Isn't that also true of anti-depressants and other psychotropic drugs? Prozac got quite a bit of bad press at one time for the violent behavior that it induced. Halcion did too. Again, regulation could decrease that danger for those who take street drugs.
>> How would YOU go about defining the word “victim”? Perhaps I would not agree with all of your choices. Perhaps a majority of individuals would not agree with all of your choices. That is why we have laws.
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Victims are usually the recipients of malice or negligence. In the case of prostitution, if someone is simply offended by the occupation, they are not a victim. I am often offended by the narrow-mindedness and intolerance of people who consider themselves "religious," but I do not consider myself a victim of them. I can live my life separate from them. I feel that their intolerance has a negative effect on society as do many others believe that prostitution has a negative effect on society. We cannot make laws against everything which is offensive or even potentially destructive. Nothing would be legal.
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