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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
scaeagles - if child abuse and murder were as widespread as illegal immigration, drug use and prostitution, I would be in favor of those things being legal as well. If tens of millions of people in a particular society are murderers, there is no sense in providing that society with legal protection from murder. And legal protection wouldn't work. You cannot eliminate anything that tens of millions of people do ... and yes, you heard me right, you shouldn't bother trying.
When tens of millions do it, it's no longer immoral. If murder is the order of the day in Freedonia, then Freedonia's morals allow for homocide.
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That's just ridiculous though. You might as well say that if the majority of people in society enjoy putting out cigarettes on babies then why bother trying to protect the babies. Might as well make it legal. Some things are worth being illegal, even if lots of people do it, because there are victims involved. The law isn't just to please the majority, but also to protect the minority.