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To: PieterCasparzen; BfloGuy

what purpose do criminal laws serve ?

Laws against real crimes with actual victims are much more successful than laws against acts that harm only willing participants - because the former, but not the latter, have victims who avoid and resist the crime before it occurs and who cooperate in investigation and prosecution afterward. According to the FBI , two out of three murder cases are cleared; in contrast, the number for drug sales is assuredly no more than two out of three-thousand.

Also, real crimes with actual victims are the legitimate business of government, whereas acts that harm only willing participants are not (the opposite point of view leads to banning Big Gulps ... and beyond).

25 posted on 01/06/2013 1:42:17 PM PST by JustSayNoToNannies ("The Lord has removed His judgments against you" - Zep. 3:15)

To: JustSayNoToNannies

Also, real crimes with actual victims are the legitimate business of government, whereas acts that harm only willing participants are not

Yes. Seat-belt and helmet laws spring to mind.

27 posted on 01/06/2013 2:21:10 PM PST by BfloGuy (Money, like chocolate on a hot oven, was melting in the pockets of the people..)

To: JustSayNoToNannies

Laws against real crimes with actual victims are much more successful than laws against acts that harm only willing participants

So, in that vein, should prostitution be legal ?

28 posted on 01/06/2013 9:07:57 PM PST by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)

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