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by mturmon 3745 days ago
Just because we have not found an airtight reason to draw a line at a particular spot, does not mean that there should be no line.
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Sure, I can grant that. Now we just need to define the line itself—its expressed purposes and guiding principles. Once we agree on the principles of the line, we can start working on the contours of where the line is drawn. Unfortunately, we keep jumping into drawing [and erasing] lines without enough discourse regarding the principles of those lines. The drug war is only one such example.