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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
Because it would put too much strain on the legal systems around the world. Look at the amount of people in jail for "drug-related crimes" as a result of the "War on Drugs". At least 1.5 million in jail, and a total of 7 million people "convicted" for substance abuse. The private prison system has become an entire, flourishing industry. But "at least" there people believe that offenders are "evil". I'm not sure you'll ever be able to sell the same thing to the public when talking about file-sharing, whether you call it piracy or not. With racism there is a clear need for the institution to change, but with a business model? |
I'm sorry, but there's little doubt that drugs ARE a big problem. Perhaps not as big as racism, but certainly far larger than book copyright infringement. Now, I agree with you on the War on Drugs, but not because I don't think it's not a big problem; it's because I don't think it's *wrong* to use illegal drugs. And I suspect you feel the same way.
So it seems to me you're not basing whether or not to attack a problem at both ends not on the size of the problem, but on whether or not you personally believe it to be wrong. And that undermines the reasoning of your argument. But I'm really not looking to argue over this particular point further.