Yeah but, what about ...

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For every argument there has to be a couner argument in the UK. One of the most crazy is the one about keeping cannabis illegal. As soon as the question is asked some, too many, will say:

"Yeah, but what about alcohol"

The argument has merit but, it's a distraction technique only.

Around Northampton and many other parts of the country we have electric scooters to rent sold as this:


The reality is actually way more like:


But the argument goes, we cannot ban them because, what about bikes or even horses, they cause mess and accidents too.

The same sort of argument to the smoking debate, why should we ban smoking anywhere, drinking alcohol is far worse and drunk drivers kills people, smokers don't.

Can you see how these arguments are just used to distract?

The reality is, if an issue arises we need to address that issue in isolation as there will always be something worse it can be compared to but, right now, let's focus on the issue at hand. Maybe the other issues can be looked at later but, not now.









 

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