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Anything can be done to the extreme but I'm convinced it is almost always better to err on the side of being too tolerant than too restrictive.
Genocide, child incest and drive-bys, etc.. are certainly examples of things that have crossed most people's line of acceptance and there must be laws in place to deal with them. Our whole system of checks and balances depends on how well we draw these lines. However I believe that when an activity is borderline like say alcohol, marijuana laws and gun control we should be more tolerant.
Hopefully our collective wisdom in choosing which activities require government control (laws) and our Constitution will enable us to be tolerant of others and still remain relatively safe.
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