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Stephan Brault's avatar

This is one of the few times I have to disagree with one of your posts.

First, the booze. I'll be the first to admit I'm biased, as I don't drink. I honestly don't see the reason for it. It tastes like crap (my opinion of course) and I don't need a buzz to have fun, I have a lot of fun without it. More importantly, there are tons of studies that show the harmful effects on the developing brain until at least the age of 25. There's no good that comes from it after 25 years old either. Sure, you can say it's up to each individual to make their own choice. Ok, so why not treat cocaine like alcohol? Legalise cocaine. If it's up to each person to choose what they want to do, so legalise all drugs. That honestly doesn't make sense for a responsible government to do.

Alcohol is classified as a highly addictive depressant. Specifically, it is classified as a Central Nervous System depressant. Similar to some narcotics. Why treat alcohol any differently? It's the responsibility of the government to help ensure the health of its population. I honestly believe society would be better off without alcohol.

Secondly, the guns. Again, I'm biased since I live in a country that doesn't have guns like the US. It's just not a thing, and we seem to get along just fine without them. Actually, so do many of the developed countries that don't have a liberal gun policy: gun incidents per capita are much lower.

I've always been confused by the "American right to have guns". Why? I ask my American friends and I'm never given a truly informative and valid reason. To defend yourself? If guns are restricted across the country, you'd have much less people with guns that you'd need to defend yourself with a gun against.

Gun homicides per 100,000 people in the US is 4.12, the highest in the developed world. The US has 46 percent of the world’s civilian-owned guns. Civilian-owned guns per 100 people in the US is 120.5, by far the highest in the developed world.

I still come back to the same question; Why do Americans need guns so badly?

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Vince Roman's avatar

Love this

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