I smell government conspiracies like people smell Folgers first thing in the morning.
Some may also smell of BO (their own or their bedside companion of unknown species).
But getting back to the thesis at hand -
1. What if nudity and sex was legal in public places? It would put the entire porn industry out of work including the paparazzi and the lawyers and a whole big supply chain - hence such activities are illegal.
2. What if we legalized all forms of narcotics for self use and sold them at Kmart? It would put the cartels and the police force and many more institutions out of business - so we cannot do that. Job security.
3. What if we legalized suicide? Again it will put all the counselors and service staff out of business. Cannot do that. Here the law is hilarious since it is the intent of committing that the law frowns upon; since after successful completion there is nothing that we know of that the law can do to the accomplished.
4. What if we legalized driving at any speed suitable to the automobile design? Cannot do that - are you kidding? A functioning government has to have access to all manners of revenue and tickets are a major one.
Remember guns, cars, ropes, knives, rat poison are all legally available for purchase at your local Kmart or car dealer (ir)respectively.
On an informal mission to read one book a week as long as the eyes allow for such ambition. Fiction or non is not important as long as it entertains and /or educates. To that end the past few weeks have brought a bounty in the form of some wonderful and then not so engaging literature. Among the notables are - Non fiction category: 1. Good arguments by Bo Seo (how to handle a dispute or debate the most efficient way possible) 2. Genesis by Eric Schmidt (and former US Secy of State Henry Kissinger, who recently passed) - how AI might affect our lives as we know it 3. One in a billion - Zarna Garg (an autobiographical look at an Indian born American woman with a bindi narrated in a standup format - yes it is at times cliched but still funny) Fiction: 1. Personal by Lee Child (a vigilante story with Jack Reacher the giant, nomad protagonist of Child's novels goes hunting for a sniper) 2. Ramayana unraveled by Ami Ganatra (she might disagree about it being a work of fiction but oh wel...
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