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You don't need an "ironclad law" no such thing exists. You just need to recognize that it's wrong to abuse children. That's like saying you need an "ironclad law" to determine how wrong it is to be drunk when you've killed someone in traffic.

...What? It's manslaughter, wtf are you talking about?

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Yes because everyone has the same morals and follows them exactly. You're basically arguing that we don't need laws if everyone just recognized wrong from right.

No, I'm not. Pay attention. I'm saying you don't need to pack on unnecessary arbitrary laws because you think you're smarter than everybody else.

There are universals, for the times when there is not, you MUST recognize that by forcing them you ONLY cause harm. There's no arguing that.

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