The important thing is that they are making it legal.
I believe that there are things that the government hides, or does that is illegal, I mean seriously, it's a government.
But then they had to be careful - they knew it was illegal, and that if anyone found out, there would be consequences. It meant the scope of the activities, by nature had to be smaller and more contained. If it becomes legal, there is no recourse to anyone that isn't controlled/regulated by the people who are doing the crime. Which means, anyone, anywhere at anytime. It's giving up the power to say, "No" to the government.
It may seem like there isn't a difference, but there is. And to me it's a VAST difference.
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Date: 2006-08-05 05:12 pm (UTC)I believe that there are things that the government hides, or does that is illegal, I mean seriously, it's a government.
But then they had to be careful - they knew it was illegal, and that if anyone found out, there would be consequences. It meant the scope of the activities, by nature had to be smaller and more contained. If it becomes legal, there is no recourse to anyone that isn't controlled/regulated by the people who are doing the crime. Which means, anyone, anywhere at anytime. It's giving up the power to say, "No" to the government.
It may seem like there isn't a difference, but there is. And to me it's a VAST difference.