[FreedomFlynnie]

I work for a wine and spirits manufacturer, but in a marketing capacity - none of our products are made in the same city, let alone the same office as mine, and I don't have any hand in their making. Do I get the death penalty, or can you just beat me until I promise to quit?

< /sarcasm >

The argument that an activity should be banned because a small fraction of its participants are irresponsible can be used against anything from cars to guns to airplanes to home-schooling. My understanding was that Americans aren't willing to trade "liberty for a little temporary safety." Google "Prohibition" and "Al Capone" for an example of why it doesn't work.

[fourdeuce82d]

Do I get the death penalty, or can you just beat me until I promise to quit?

Check with Jeremiah. I was merely suggesting a logical extension of his original proposal. Seems to me if that's how we want to treat purveyors/consumers of one type of intoxicant, shouldn't we treat them all that way? Or perhaps that's not how we want to treat any purveyors/consumers of any intoxicant...

I'm not suggesting outright legalization, merely trying to make the point that the original suggestion was a little steep.