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user-inactivated  ·  3187 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: We should harvest organs before a donor dies – Walter Glannon – Aeon

Casinos should be outlawed because some people have a gambling problem that destroys their lives.

Motorcycles should be outlawed because some people who drive them get in bad accidents and die and can cause other people to die.

Cigarettes should be outlawed because people can develop cancer because of it.

Eating meat should be outlawed because it requires taking a life.

People who have more than one children should be outlawed because they are contributing to the overpopulation problem.

Sex should be outlawed because some people can contract STDs from it, including AIDS.

BDSM should be outlawed because there are a small contingent that don't know how to practice safely.

Drinking should be outlawed because it can cause drunk driving and kill people.

Pornography should be outlawed because children might watch it.

Cars should be outlawed because some people are unsafe drivers.

People who smoke should be considered mentally ill because they are deliberately killing themselves.

People who eat fast food should be considered mentally ill because they are deliberately harming themselves.

People recovering from drug addiction who choose harm reduction rather than abstinence are mentally ill and criminals.

Sex education should not be taught to minors because they might engage in risky sex.

Death is a scary thing so let's avoid any uncomfortable topics a close-minded society doesn't want to face. Because life is sacrosanct, without question, continuation of life is important above all else. But let's kill animals and babies and lethal injection and kill people in wars, because that's okay.