OT: Isn't this ridiculous??

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 August 5th, 2006, 04:32 PM

The trouble with government comes when they forget they are employees.

Xrati · #2 August 6th, 2006, 12:44 AM

The more you tell someone that they CAN'T have it. The MORE they want it. Human nature at it's basic level. If bombs were legal and TAXED, there be no bombs as nobody would want to pay the taxes on them. (It could happen)

Baron Munchausen · #3 August 6th, 2006, 03:54 PM

Most 'illegal' drugs are in fact taxed to make them illegal. (You can't get the 'tax stamp' to prove that you've paid the tax, so they are permanently illegal.) Machine guns are also legal and taxed. I haven't heard of any drop in demand for either.

Xrati · #4 August 6th, 2006, 06:03 PM

This kinda goes the route of 'weather'. You can talk about it, but there's not much you can do about it.

I guess there was no lesson learned from the 'prohibition' as illegal items will just move to another form of operation and will go on as usual. Nothing changes, except where you have to go, to buy what your looking for.

Baron Munchausen · #5 August 6th, 2006, 08:53 PM

Yep, there's too much profit for the government in prohibition, so it's here to stay...