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You forgot that people will starve in Europe unless you eat your peas.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

You forgot that there really are far more serious issues.

You also forgot that once this becomes acceptable, a host of other ills will also become acceptable. As a free nation, we need to be observant of unwritten law as well as written. It is the unwritten laws, otherwise known as manners and respect, that makes us a civilized society. When the civil breaks down, so too, does freedom.