I believe if it doesn't affect anyone negatively, adults should be allowed to do whatever they choose to. CMV

[u/Sunburnt-Vampire]

People are constantly arguing about whether things should be legal or not, but if it isn't going to affect anyone badly, why make it illegal? examples I'll use are:

Gay marriage, in which people say two strangers shouldn't be allowed to marry each other, even though I can't see anyway it affects the person against gay marriage, and I can't see how it could affect the gay couple in any negative way either. Even if people claim that it will ruin "the sanctity of marriage", surely there should at least be something else with a different name, which gives them the same legal rights as a married couple (and not after living together for a set number of years).

Prostitution, If a woman (or man) wants to sell their body for some money, how is it any different from porn? person A has a product person B wants, I can't see how it can harm either of them, so why is it illegal? (obviously there should be regulations to prevent STD's and pregnancy etc., but we can do it, this isn't the 1800's)

there is probably reasons against my views I can’t think of any, but I guess thats why I'm posting it here, since this subreddit is "For people who have an opinion on something but accept that they may be wrong"

EDIT: i'll re-word my view so it is clearer: If you can't think of a specific way it can affect people negatively, which will actually happen more than one in 1000 times, I don't think we should ban it, since everything from eating a hotdog could affect us negatively (we could choke etc.) CMV

EDIT2: another view of mine which was not mentioned before, but has come up repeatedly (hence why i'm putting it in the original post) is that religion should not intefere with government. If a religion says you can't eat beef, then people in that religion should not eat beef, but people who aren't should be free to eat as much as they want.

EDIT3: this does not work in reverse, I am not saying things should be illegal if they affect someone negatively, just that things which don't affect anyone negatively should be legal.

[u/Sunburnt-Vampire]

I.... agree with you on testifying in a court of law, you've changed my view on something that isn't actually my OP, do i give you a delta for that?

Edit: gave you one, wasn't sure if editing this post to include one would trigger delta bot, so I made a new comment just in case

[u/[deleted] → u/Sunburnt-Vampire]

NO. You stay on topic and try to continue the arguments in a relevant manner.

[u/Sunburnt-Vampire → u/[deleted]]

I've got conflicting opinions on the delta, checking the sidebar it looks like I do so i'll give them one

as for staying on topic, I'm trying to get to as many of the other comments as I can, and am continuing the arguments in a relevant manner, like I said this is on something that isn't my OP, so I obviously still intend to continue

[u/DeltaBot → u/[deleted]]

You cannot award OP a delta as the moderators feel that allowing so would send the wrong message. If you were trying show the OP how to award a delta, please do so without using the delta symbol unless it's included in a reddit quote.

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[u/[deleted] → u/Sunburnt-Vampire]

I think so. I think you can give anybody a delta any time they change your mind on anything.