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Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do, The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country by Peter McWilliams
Front — Author's Notes
THE BASIC PREMISE
An Overview
What Are Consensual Crimes?
Separation of Society and State
Personal Morality Versus Governmental Morality
Relationship
WHY LAWS AGAINST CONSENSUAL ACTIVITIES ARE NOT A GOOD IDEA
It's Un-American
Laws against Consensual Activities Are Unconstitutional
Laws against Consensual Activities Violate the Separation of Church and State, Threatening the Freedom of and from Religion
Laws against Consensual Activities Are Opposed to the Principles of Private Property, Free Enterprise, Capitalism, and the Open Market
Enforcing Laws against Consensual Activities is Very Expensive
Enforcing Laws against Consensual Activities Destroys People's Lives
Intermission to Part II
Consensual Crimes Encourage Real Crimes
Consensual Crimes Corrupt Law Enforcement
The Cops Can't Catch 'Em; the Courts Can't Handle 'Em; the Prisons Can't Hold 'Em
Consensual Crimes Promote Organized Crime
Consensual Crimes Corrupt the Freedom of the Press
Laws against Consensual Activities Teach Irresponsibility
Laws against Consensual Activities Are Too Randomly Enforced to Be Either a Deterrent or Fair
Laws against Consensual Activities Discriminate against the Poor, Minorities, and Women
Problems Sometimes Associated with Consensual Activities Cannot Be Solved While They Are Crimes
Laws against Consensual Activities Create a Society of Fear, Hatred, Bigotry, Oppression, and Conformity; a Culture Opposed to Personal Expression, Diversity, Freedom, Choice and Growth
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CONSENSUAL CRIMES
A Closer Look at the Consensual Crimes
Gambling
Drugs
How and Why Drugs Became Illegal
Opiates
Cocaine, Crack, Amphetamines
Psychedelics
Marijuana
Religious and Psychologically Therapeutic Use of Drugs
Regenerative Use of Drugs and Other Unorthodox Medical Practices
Prostitution
Pornography, Obscenity, Etc.
Violations of Marriage; Adultry, Fornication Cohabitation, Bigamy, and Polygamy
Homosexuality
Unconventional Religious Practices
Unpopular Religious Practices
Suicide and Assisted Suicide
The Titanic Laws: Public Drunkenness, Loitering, Vagrancy, Seat Belts, Motorcycle Helmets, Public Nudity, Transvestism
SIX CHAPTERS IN SEARCH OF A SHORTER BOOK
WHAT TO DO?
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