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   From: okamuraj005@hawaii.rr.com   
      
   "Pete nospam Zakel"  wrote in message   
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   > 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.   
   >   
   You said it much better than I could.   
      
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