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by abecedarius 1429 days ago
You can't both ban it and respect human rights as we understand them today.

But that a ban must fail doesn't follow. E.g., requiring passports for travel was a WWI development, and supposed to be a temporary restriction on freedom; the practice was supposed to end after the war, and they had some kind of international meetings about it, and nothing ever happened. Now this has become obscure history that people hardly ever think about.