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   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article <37610114-1d48-4411-a5d2-cc6141ad823e@y20g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>   
   Brother Nate  writes:   
   >Jerry Okamura wrote:   
   >> The question is can you ever stop people from doing what they want to do?   
      
   >Again, it's more complicated than that.  For example, we   
   >have laws that prohibit murder - people still commit murders,   
   >but we will keep those laws because there's a clear victim,   
   >a compelling moral imperative that murder is wrong.   
      
   The laws against murder are there to ensure we punish people who murder.   
      
   The laws against drug use are there to ensure we punish people who use drugs.   
      
   The first set of laws are moral.  The second aren't.   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
   "The morale of troops on the home front is just as important as the morale   
    of the troops likely to be blown up at any moment."   
      
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