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Re:U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act by francisofascii on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @01:39PM (#20688213)
"Hunting bans don't stop poaching. In fact, bans create more crime," If we go by that line of reasoning, then we should eliminate murder laws, since they don't completely stop murders and we could reduce crime since murders would no longer be illegal.
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Re:U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act by LanceH on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @02:05PM (#20688566)
"Abortion laws don't stop abortion, they just make it unsafe."

Allowing that line of reasoning seems to flip teams a lot.

(I don't condone either side's usage)

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Re:U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act by defterGoose on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @02:00PM (#20688494)
"Increasing success by lowering expectations."
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