Re: The gun analogy (Was: Design Principles)

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 09:25 +0200, Tom Bachmann wrote:
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> Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> > Note that in EVERY case where drugs have been banned, the ban has
> > failed.
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> I am probably not old enough for having seen such a failed ban, and I am
> not sure about what kind of drugs exactly you are speaking, but here in
> europe there have been several partial bans of both alcohol and
> cigarettes in the last year. And I think this was a good idea.


By "partial ban" do you mean places where these things cannot be
consumed, or do you mean serious attempts to prevent people from
lawfully purchasing them?

It is the attempt to prohibit purchase that has always failed.

shap