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themafialast Wednesday at 9:32 PM1 replyview on HN

> One's choice here affects everyone else

You still owe me a court trial if you want to act on that in a way that reduces my rights. Prove that my individual choices are affecting anyone.

> if a democratic process creates rules requiring us all to be immunized for the common good, that's okay with me.

Drinking is universally a harm. We should ban alcohol. It's for the common good, obviously, and there are zero arguments against this. Why do we allow drinking? At the very least we should ban _public_ drinking. There's no sense in socially allowing this to occur.


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DarmokJalad1701last Wednesday at 10:19 PM

> Drinking is universally a harm. We should ban alcohol.

The actions that cause possible bad societal harms from drinking alcohol are indeed banned or heavily penalized. Drinking and Driving. Public Intoxication. Domestic Abuse. Child Endangerment and more.

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