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kleinbl00 · 4278 days ago · link · · parent · post: Mark Kleiman on why we need to solve our alcohol problem to solve our crime problem
Now you're arguing pragmatically rather than logically, though. You're saying "we shouldn't deal with this because it's too hard" not "we shouldn't deal with this because it's not as unjust as other things. Thanks to this I know a little too much for my own good about crime and punishment. I don't know where I'd start. It's definitely a place for pragmatism, no doubt. I think if you focus too intently on the practicalities of the matter, though, you'll be so swamped you won't remember the morality that got you there in the first place. And I, for one, don't think MADD is fighting from a position of strength. I'll bet if you blew hard enough you could knock their house down.