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Go after the drug dealers ffs

Are you a friend of Larry Ellison by chance? His ideas don't stop at kids.

Do you believe the war on drugs is actually working?

Very good example you brought up there. Question is: Can we make the world safe by just arresting every bad guy... Ooooor, maybe, just maybe... Individuals are responsible for their own decisions?

Besides, its only a "dealer" if the product they are selling is illegal. Have you talked to your political representative about making social media sites illegal. How do you argue that, exactly. "That sites needs to be outlawed because it breaks my back button!!!111!"?

We don't sell alcohol or weed or controlled substances to children.

That's how we do it today. They get their license pulled if they do.

True. However, if your child ends up developing a dependance on alcohol, do you seriously place the responsibility for that on the dealers who sold them the booze? I'd call that a lazy excuse for very bad parenting.

> True. However, if your child ends up developing a dependance on alcohol, do you seriously place the responsibility for that on the dealers who sold them the booze?

Yes, absolutely. To not go after adults giving children booze would be insane.

What's next, they were wearing the wrong clothing?

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