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by cobbzilla 2492 days ago
Yes! We should just make all crimes illegal, then there will literally be no issues at all!
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Yeah because a bunch of people running around concealing their faces leads to good things.

Oh wait - it doesn't. The reason these laws were mostly passed in the mid-1900s was because of the KKK.

Laws affect behavior only loosely. Particularly behaviors that lack a direct victim. See also: war on drugs, speed limits, gun control.