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We put age limits on the purchase of alcohol so even that is not moot. It is only a legal choice for adults. I would argue that tobacco is the world's greatest legal evil, causing the most cost and suffering. You may have noticed the most effective anti-drug/anti-smoking advertising these days is appealing to morals, since the choice to imbibe there for most people.
We are on an e-reading site. Why not argue the morality of reading? Or would you prefer tech-head discussions about how to access the darknet? The collapse of the publishing industry is NOT a done deal and we are leading to charge to wherever it ends up. If you convince one or two people here, they convince a couple of people, and so on. As much as I press Steve about our different views it is still useful to hash it out here. Play it forward.
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