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Re:America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem by thesimpsons1022 on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:17PM (#7419839)
I agree with you but I feel like playing devils advocate.

>drugs hurt no one else

what about the family of the abuser? should a child grow up in the home of a heroin addict? doesn't society have the responsibility to protect children?

>gambling

humans are just dumb monkeys. we have psychological weaknesses to stuff like gambling. how many fathers will gamble away their grocery money?

>5 wives

is it really consent if a girl is too poor and uneducated to get a job and is forced into a polygamist marriage for subsistence?

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Re:America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem by bermanoid on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @12:54AM (#7420260)
If you allow widespread polygamy, degenerate gamblers and addicts won't tend to attract many wives, and will generally have far fewer children.. Boom, fewer children stuck with problematic non-providing parents. Thanks, market forces!

Devil's advocate back at ya.

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