Personally I wish they would legalize marijuana, just so potheads would need to find something knew to talk about. The only group of people in the world as sanctimonious and annoying as vegans.
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prostitution has a long history, and i don't really know it in much detail.
Marijuana is easy; preferred drug of anti-government types, while alcohol = preferred drug of conservative "red blooded americans". Obviously no lobby wants to distance themselves from the later perception.
They're not acceptable or legal because no one wants to be the one to start that shitstorm. But give us about 30 years to kill off the remaining Boomers, and then we'll talk.
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It was a satire of "patience is a virtue", but you're right, not that I see your point. I can sense a fallacy sneaking up though. My point was, though, that Jesus don't do vices.
Onto the topic: There's no real logic in the listed being allowed when the other listed aren't. I would reverse the list anyday. Yes to prostitution and marijuana (but not at work, like with alcohole) and no to alcohol and gambling. I think society would be far healthier.
They are not really acceptable there are alot of people who send those kinds to rehaps and such.And if we did not have any beer or places to Gamble we would not have the promblems we have now.
Re: Why are gambling and alchohol socially acceptable
Alcohol is actually worse than Marijauna for the health, has worse side effects like violence, addictive and makes you pewk up and feel like crap the next day. Maybe it´s because they can tax alcohol easier than marijauna, which you can grow yourself at home easily.
As for prostitution, it is allowed in some countries (the Netherlands, Germany etc..)
Gambling is also an addicitve and anyone with common sense knows the only winners are the owners of the gambling facility, who pay taxes (and maybe bribes) to governments so they can get a license.
All in all, I recon its all down to money. If they can´t tax it it aint allowed.
It's actually an incredibly rich story. There are some good programs on the History Channel that at least partially center on it.
My favorite Prostitution footnote is the account of the Roman Empress Valeria Messilana who challenged one of the most illustrious prostitutes in Rome to a for lack of a better word Whoreoff and won.
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