Andrew Yang for President

[David Horn]

(09-12-2019, 03:28 AM)Bill the Piper Wrote:

(09-10-2019, 03:54 PM)David Horn Wrote: Your codicil to his dictum is good in theory but impossible in practice.  The addicted will have to be rescued by other means, or the entire idea is unworkable.

Forced therapy appears to be only solution, since reasoning with a proper alcoholic is impossible. Again, personal freedom issues.

Yes, but it's impossible to separate the addicted from those who only use drugs and alcohol but are not problematic. Worse, there is a small subset of addicts who are fully stable and productive members of society. How do you legally deny people who fall in one of those categories, and how do you decide who does and who doesn't qualify?

Bill the Piper Wrote:

David Horn Wrote:The US Constitution may stop that here, but maybe it's possible elsewhere.

The Constitution was an outstanding document for the 18th century, but it needs to be updated. Information can be a weapon too, and can be a drug. Modern porn is much more like cocaine than the "Satanic Verses".

Unfortunately, it was designed to be extremely hard to amend, which is why we have so few amendments. Altering the 1st amendment is simply impossible.