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Time to ban scorpions, and scorpion venom products. Anyone who gets within sight of one must be thrown in prison for decades.

Or we can just let adults choose what they want to do with their own bodies, and stop freaking out because somebody might have "got high."

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Clearly these people that chance a substantial risk of 6 hours of pain followed by paralysis or death have made a wise decision and must not be interfered with.

Truly a travesty that the state invests its resources into peoples lives and then cares when they throw it away in selfish stupidity.

We should be forced to seek state approval for every decision we make, so that our behavior is consistent with the needs and interests of the state. That will also make sure that nothing "unwise" is ever accidentally decided. Bureaucracy is the answer; it will save us. We should cede our individual sovereignty to the more enlightened among us, for the good of the collective. It's simply too dangerous to allow humans free agency. The person is dumb but the people are smart.

Everybody knows scorpions are a gateway to harder things like snakes and jelly fish.

Is that really what you want for our children?

I never knew what the city zoo does to people. I want those animals arrested!

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