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Originally Posted by tikler
.....Now, before anyone assumes things about me, I do believe that sometimes people do need help.
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Of course people sometimes need help, that's why there are legions of people that work for both religious and non-religious NGOs that offer help to people with a wide variety of issues.
Your other point regarding legislating morality has one fatal flaw. It assumes that because various vices are illegal that the activities cease to exist. This is the same mistake that every do-googind law maker makes. It is the mistake that was made when the constitution was amended to make alcohol illegal. However, we have the benefit of hindsight to tell us what happened. Not only did the consumption of alcohol continue, it also gave drinking an aura of being "naughty." It became titillating to sneak around in speakeasies and drink. Of course it also had the unintended consequence of giving rise to organized crime in America, which continues to this day.
There is a reason for the saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions..."
Andrew