There is an argument that says that while people have certain freedoms, someone will always exercise those freedoms for innapropriate purposes (i.e. to obtain cash for booze and pornography) in the mistaken belief that they are getting something for nothing (i.e. they feel they won't have to do any work). To put it another way, someone is always going to take the piss. Examples of this type of behaviour might be drug dealing, petty theft, benefit fraud and or manipulation, begging, scamming, credit-card fraud, spamming and other odeous activities.
Now while it is perfectly within people's rights to act like morons, it is unfortunately often seen as being society's duty to care for those who are least fortunate. We already have to deal with drug-users, alcoholics, sex-pests, gamblers, layabouts, scammers, spammers and gangsters. Why legislate to add one more way for people to ruin their own lives while placing further strain on the obligations of the public?
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