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a2 | the health risks of doping are not meaningfully distinct from the normal risks of being an athlete, so a ban doesn't actually physically protect athletes. | athletes have already approached the limit of what can be done with the human body alone, if we want any further progress in sports we have to legalize doping. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | it stops the black market of doping that exists today, making athletes safer from untested drugs | the state can get money from taxation and export of these drugs | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | useing inhansing drugs is not insted of your biology. it only makes you reach your potential better. it is the only way to get to your potential. | the rich would no longer command great advantages in sports because of their economic advantage letting them afford better training, coaching, and the like. doping could compensate for resource differences. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because it will drive down the costs of hormonal treatments that may be prohibitively expensive in the status quo. | we should legalize doping in sport because it is arbitrary to reward someone for naturally having more of a chemical in their body and punish them for putting it there. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because there is no compelling public health interest in banning doping. | gives more inspiration to people by seeing athletes reading higher achievements | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | by making it legal, we can also monitor it, which would end the more serious problems of forcing people to dope against their will, and people overdosing because of lack of knowledge & supervision. | we should legalize doping in sport because it levels the play field for people who have naturally lower hormone levels compared to those with naturally higher levels. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | in the status quo doping happens but the government can't collect taxes, if we legalized doping the government will be able to collect tax revenue and put that into social spending. | doping becomes safer. when athletes dope right now they have to do it in risky ways, and don't go to doctors for help. legalizing it encourages regulation. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | drugs would allow athletes to recover better from injuries so they can return to sport faster and won't be deterred of practicing sport in the first place | anybody entering the field is willing to accept injuries on both the short & long terms to accomplish things while in their careers; the risks of doping are no different. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | the goal of sports is stretching the human limits and achieving outstanding results. we allow already unhealthy habits for this purpose: overworking, unhealthy diets, lack of sleep etc. why not drugs as well? | doping becomes safer. when athletes dope right now they have to do it in risky ways, and don't go to doctors for help. legalizing it encourages regulation. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | if doping is legal, it will no longer be done under the table, so athletes will do it in secure environments with supervision from medical experts and team doctors. | sport achievements are meant to inspire other people by pushing the boundaries of human capabilities, we should allow any means that help achieve that goal. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | even with the access to performance enhancing drugs, being a professional athlete still requires an immense amount of natural talent, so doping does not take away from the impressive nature of athletes' skills. | drugs are just an extension to human abillitie like any other gear such as shoes or diving suits because they affect everyone the same, so legalizing them should be no different than legalizing shoes | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | if athletes want to compete drug free, we can create "clean" sport designations and consumers will get more choice of what to watch. | legalizing doping would prevent situations in which athletes who are taking drugs legally for their health get punished (such as when human growth hormone is used post-injury). | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | doping is happening anyway, but with regulations we can have athletes use less harmful drugs so there's less people dying because of doping | likely to increase viewership and interest in sports, thus increase funding to organizations that often donate back to communities (sports associations etc..) | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | it is often extremely expensive to keep one's body in shape, so allowing doping would allow poorer athletes to compete. | more companies would invest in developing better, healthier medicine (and drugs) because now there is an active legal market for them in the professional sports industry. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | athletes who dope are capable of achieving greater athletic feats, which brings more entertainment for viewers and followers of sports. | letting athletes to dope will allow us to examine what is the maximum human capacity o physical activity. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | doping will happen either way illegally - people just depend on not getting caught, legalizing it provides equal access to everyone which makes sports more fair. | drugs helping the athletes to get to new records and this is way people love watching sports. more records = more jobs for athelets. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | if doping is legal, it will no longer be done under the table, so athletes will do it in secure environments with supervision from medical experts and team doctors. | testing athletes will never catch everyone who dopes, which means some cheaters will always get through, it is preferable to just legalize doping for everyone. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | the illegal doping black market endangers athletes' lives, and it would be safer to legalize and regulate it. | drugs helping the athletes to get to new records and this is way people love watching sports. more records = more jobs for athelets. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because it will drive down the costs of hormonal treatments that may be prohibitively expensive in the status quo. | it will allow new types of sports to develop in the future ( for instance if a drug that will allow breathing under water, water soccer could be developed | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | legalizing doping would prevent situations in which athletes who are taking drugs legally for their health get punished (such as when human growth hormone is used post-injury). | legalization of doping prevents us from having to decide which drugs are too enhancing (for example, why creatine isn't considered performance enhancing while erythropoeitian is), which is a necessarily arbitrary process. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | athletes are adults who can make decisions for themselves and the state has no right to interfere. | it will bring more jobs to the primary industry that will help the aconomy. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | it stops the black market of doping that exists today, making athletes safer from untested drugs | just as we enable aerodynamic swimsuits or running shoes, doping enables us to test the true limits of the human body. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | players are unfairly left behind by cheaters if they cannot dope in sports, so they need to take drugs in order to keep up and maintain their salary. | if doping were legal, the free market would regulate the prices to make it cheaper than when it is sold in the illegal market, this enabling low-income athletes to compete with high-income athletes. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | people like to watch people perform superhuman acts. the use of drugs will significantly increase the abilities of athletes, will make sport more interesting and exciting and thus will provide greater enjoyment to viewers. | doping by definition is using drugs that help your performance; any drugs that do more harm than good would still be banned, so no real harm is done. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because there is no compelling public health interest in banning doping. | some professionals athletes are already using drugs so making it ligal makes the competition fair | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | current methods of legally doping (like hypoxic tents that increase hematocrit) are much more expensive than regular doping will be after legalization, which will serve to make the same tools more accessible to everyone. | by making it legal, we can also monitor it, which would end the more serious problems of forcing people to dope against their will, and people overdosing because of lack of knowledge & supervision. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | athletes who dope are capable of achieving greater athletic feats, which brings more entertainment for viewers and followers of sports. | it will bring more jobs to the primary industry that will help the aconomy. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | every human has a right to do anything to himself, since it's no danger to others and therefore the state has no right banning him from doing it. | likely to increase viewership and interest in sports, thus increase funding to organizations that often donate back to communities (sports associations etc..) | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because it will allow athletes to recover from injuries and prolong their careers better. | it's a legitimate choice for athletes to make, just like becoming athletes in the first place | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because the law right now is almost unenforceable, which reduces people's respect for the law, because it is so easily flaunted. | the health risks of doping are not meaningfully distinct from the normal risks of being an athlete, so a ban doesn't actually physically protect athletes. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | athletes who dope are capable of achieving greater athletic feats, which brings more entertainment for viewers and followers of sports. | professional athletes are likely to have a supervised doping regime, massively reducing risks | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because adults can make an informed decision with a doctor's help about what is best for them and their body. | the goal of sports is stretching the human limits and achieving outstanding results. we allow already unhealthy habits for this purpose: overworking, unhealthy diets, lack of sleep etc. why not drugs as well? | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | doping will enhance athletes performance and there for they will be able to break new records. breaking new records is an achievement that pushes athletes to excellency. | legalizing it would allow better regulation of the practice, keeping athletes from harming themselves by doing via illegal channels whose products may be unsafe | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | given that many athletes choose to dope anyway, it is preferable to legalize it in order to balance the competition amongst all athletes than to give some a competitive advantage. | legalizing doping will let us shift focus from whether an athlete is doping to whether the athlete is maintaining their physical health while doping, which is preferable (ex. maintaining safe, if high, levels of testosterone). | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | it's already done, this would allow rule abiding athletes to compete on an even playing field | it stops the black market of doping that exists today, making athletes safer from untested drugs | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | we should legalize doping in sport because it is unfair to impose one group's ethical standards for what is and is not fair in sport onto everyone else without their consent. | because doping is beneficial for athletes' recovery times, legalizing doping would allow for athletes to have longer, more productive careers where they can maximize the short window of their athletic peak. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | the increased excitement about sports that legalizing doping will generate will cause more people to invest in teams, buy merchandise, and go to games, which is good for the sports industry. | it will allow new types of sports to develop in the future ( for instance if a drug that will allow breathing under water, water soccer could be developed | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | doping becomes safer. when athletes dope right now they have to do it in risky ways, and don't go to doctors for help. legalizing it encourages regulation. | sports are ultimately are businesses and should frame there decision making around what best draws the most views to make more money: doping allows for a continuous power creep fulfilling this burden. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | people should be allowed to do with their body as they wish, and sports organizations should not limit individuals bodily autonomy by banning doping. | alot of people in sports are already using drugs and we cant catch them. so by legalizing it we will equal the playing filled. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | sport achievements are meant to inspire other people by pushing the boundaries of human capabilities, we should allow any means that help achieve that goal. | legalizing doping would prevent situations in which athletes who are taking drugs legally for their health get punished (such as when human growth hormone is used post-injury). | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | it stops the black market of doping that exists today, making athletes safer from untested drugs | using drugs will make it easier to get fit, so more people will participate in sports and get fit. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | sports is about pursuit of excellence and pushing limits in what the human body can achieve. insofar as performance enhancing drugs do this, they are in line with the purpose of sport. | legalizing doping makes sports fairer. right now when a few athletes dope they gain a huge advantage which makes sports unfair, but legalizing doping evens the playing field. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | once doping is legal, the amount of money and research invested in doping will grow significantly and within a few years they will be much safer then today. | people have the right to do things that harm their bodies if they deem that the outcome is worth it for themselves (such as choosing to drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes). | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | some professionals athletes are already using drugs so making it ligal makes the competition fair | doping allows athletes to push their limits, which makes sports more entertaining and interesting to watch. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | legalized doping will create better and safer substance that is better regulated and better treated in the case of causing physical harms. | we should legalize doping in sport because it will elevate the highest level of achievement and improve sport aesthetically and as an inspiration for people. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | doping makes sports more interesting and thus attracts more audience that is likely to get inspired and do sports/achieve in other fields. | if athletes want to compete drug free, we can create "clean" sport designations and consumers will get more choice of what to watch. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | it would make the poor gened people feel like they too can participate in sports, while today they don't bother to start because they think they weren't born with the right abilities. | once doping is legal, the amount of money and research invested in doping will grow significantly and within a few years they will be much safer then today. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | even with the access to performance enhancing drugs, being a professional athlete still requires an immense amount of natural talent, so doping does not take away from the impressive nature of athletes' skills. | many things athletes do hurts them physically. running destroys your knees, weight lifting hurts the joints and generally the chances of getting wounded are very high. doping do not produce significantly different damage. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because it levels the play field for people who have naturally lower hormone levels compared to those with naturally higher levels. | people watch sports because of the entertainment value, players who dope can play a more entertaining and intense game because they are stronger. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | even with the access to performance enhancing drugs, being a professional athlete still requires an immense amount of natural talent, so doping does not take away from the impressive nature of athletes' skills. | by making it legal, we can also monitor it, which would end the more serious problems of forcing people to dope against their will, and people overdosing because of lack of knowledge & supervision. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | human race will reach its limit dinner or latter but new drugs will develop endlessly , so it means that sport will get better endlessly | once doping is legal, the amount of money and research invested in doping will grow significantly and within a few years they will be much safer then today. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | legalizing doping will allow the government to regulate the sale and consumption such that they can prevent truly dangerous treatments and protect athletes. | the infrastructure supporting anti-doping is incredibly expensive and wastes a lot of money and energy, requiring millions of dollars in testing and monitoring. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | legalizing doping will allow legitimate top scientists to work on creating safer and more effective drugs where they are currently created by worse scientists willing to do illegal things. | anybody entering the field is willing to accept injuries on both the short & long terms to accomplish things while in their careers; the risks of doping are no different. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | we should legalize doping in sport because the law right now is almost unenforceable, which reduces people's respect for the law, because it is so easily flaunted. | sports now becomes more fair, because doping allows athletes to correct for the random birth lottery - now, one athlete isn't better than another just because they were born with more testosterone | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | more companies would invest in developing better, healthier medicine (and drugs) because now there is an active legal market for them in the professional sports industry. | we should legalize doping in sport because it is arbitrary to reward someone for naturally having more of a chemical in their body and punish them for putting it there. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | athletes already choose to risk their health for the purposes of athletic achievements. this is the rationale behind sports and doping allows them to achieve it. | useing inhansing drugs is not insted of your biology. it only makes you reach your potential better. it is the only way to get to your potential. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | most people take interest in sport ( like the olympics ) when records are being brake and adding drugs to sports meaning that note records will brake = sport will be more entertaining | people enjoy watching sporting events in order to see records broken. seeing as the human body has a natural limit, but medicine (and doping substances) keeps improving, it would keep people interested in sports. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | like vitamins, doping can be healthy in correct amount, sports give a controlled environmentto improve the field | we should legalize doping in sport because there is no compelling public health interest in banning doping. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | it would make the poor gened people feel like they too can participate in sports, while today they don't bother to start because they think they weren't born with the right abilities. | people like to watch people perform superhuman acts. the use of drugs will significantly increase the abilities of athletes, will make sport more interesting and exciting and thus will provide greater enjoyment to viewers. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | it will allow new types of sports to develop in the future ( for instance if a drug that will allow breathing under water, water soccer could be developed | makes drugs more accessible due to technological advances and that balances between the highest achievers which are usually drug users to other less affluent athletes | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | it will allow new types of sports to develop in the future ( for instance if a drug that will allow breathing under water, water soccer could be developed | doping will happen either way illegally - people just depend on not getting caught, legalizing it provides equal access to everyone which makes sports more fair. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | anybody entering the field is willing to accept injuries on both the short & long terms to accomplish things while in their careers; the risks of doping are no different. | if doping is legal, it will no longer be done under the table, so athletes will do it in secure environments with supervision from medical experts and team doctors. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | more people will be interested in sports since new records will be made. | letting athletes to dope will allow us to examine what is the maximum human capacity o physical activity. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because it will drive down the costs of hormonal treatments that may be prohibitively expensive in the status quo. | athletes are allowed to use most methods to increase their natural abilities (training), and doping is just one more way to increase what you could have. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | sports are ultimately are businesses and should frame there decision making around what best draws the most views to make more money: doping allows for a continuous power creep fulfilling this burden. | doping will enhance athletes performance and there for they will be able to break new records. breaking new records is an achievement that pushes athletes to excellency. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | the rationale behinds sports is breaking through the limitations on the human body, and doping enables this. | the proposal will create equality in competitions. nowadays some athletes take enhancing drugs despite the bans and some don't, and that's unfair | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | useing inhansing drugs is not insted of your biology. it only makes you reach your potential better. it is the only way to get to your potential. | we should legalize doping in sport because it is arbitrary to reward someone for naturally having more of a chemical in their body and punish them for putting it there. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | using drugs is no different from the other advantages athletes try to utilize, such as wearing the best shoes and attire, shaving hair off their bodies, eating healthy, and more. | by making it legal, we can also monitor it, which would end the more serious problems of forcing people to dope against their will, and people overdosing because of lack of knowledge & supervision. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | the quality of sports will increase since people will be physically better. | doping is happening in any case, we we should accept it. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | useing inhansing drugs is not insted of your biology. it only makes you reach your potential better. it is the only way to get to your potential. | doping happens today in all major sports leagues anyway, but athletes who become addicted and suffer bodily harms are unable to report and get help due to the ban. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | some professionals athletes are already using drugs so making it ligal makes the competition fair | more people will be interested in sports since new records will be made. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | sport achievements are meant to inspire other people by pushing the boundaries of human capabilities, we should allow any means that help achieve that goal. | once doping is legal, the amount of money and research invested in doping will grow significantly and within a few years they will be much safer then today. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | if athletes want to compete drug free, we can create "clean" sport designations and consumers will get more choice of what to watch. | once doping is legal, the amount of money and research invested in doping will grow significantly and within a few years they will be much safer then today. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because criminalizing doping leads to newer, more dangerous drugs that are not tested for replacing better studied and understood drugs. | likely to increase viewership and interest in sports, thus increase funding to organizations that often donate back to communities (sports associations etc..) | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | 1. doping is a choice: -people generally have the right to bodily autonomy. especially athletes can make free and informed choice to harm their bodies through copious training. they have info through docs and internet. | it would enable regulation over the currently dangerous black market of substances, and less people would be hurt by consuming shady drugs, as after this motion all doping would require health regulations like any medicine. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | the illegal doping black market endangers athletes' lives, and it would be safer to legalize and regulate it. | people watch sports because of the entertainment value, players who dope can play a more entertaining and intense game because they are stronger. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | legalizing doping will prevent future doping scandals around large sporting events and allow us to focus on the sport. | we should legalize doping in sport because most people probably want better sports and thus democratic will supports legalization. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | it will improve the research on sport related injuries and help support athletes that have gotten hurt | it stops the black market of doping that exists today, making athletes safer from untested drugs | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | legalizing doping in sport will open up entire new markets that will create jobs and motivate economic activity. | legalized doping will create better and safer substance that is better regulated and better treated in the case of causing physical harms. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | the illegal doping black market endangers athletes' lives, and it would be safer to legalize and regulate it. | doping in sport enhance the pace in which athletes improve, therefore assisting in their motivation to train and in their diligence. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | we should legalize doping in sport because there is no difference aesthetically between improving performance with drugs and with newly-designed training and equipment. | we should legalize doping in sport because it will allow athletes to recover from injuries and prolong their careers better. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | the rich would no longer command great advantages in sports because of their economic advantage letting them afford better training, coaching, and the like. doping could compensate for resource differences. | we should legalize doping in sport because it is unfair to impose one group's ethical standards for what is and is not fair in sport onto everyone else without their consent. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | legalizing doping in sport will open up entire new markets that will create jobs and motivate economic activity. | the rationale behinds sports is breaking through the limitations on the human body, and doping enables this. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | it will bring more jobs to the primary industry that will help the aconomy. | doping is happening anyway, allowing athletes to come forward reduces risks and gives them access to better healthcare | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | the goal of sports is stretching the human limits and achieving outstanding results. we allow already unhealthy habits for this purpose: overworking, unhealthy diets, lack of sleep etc. why not drugs as well? | regulating doping in any fair and comprehensive way is almost impossible, and therefore doping should be made legal so that all athletes are on the same playing field. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | current methods of legally doping (like hypoxic tents that increase hematocrit) are much more expensive than regular doping will be after legalization, which will serve to make the same tools more accessible to everyone. | people like to watch people perform superhuman acts. the use of drugs will significantly increase the abilities of athletes, will make sport more interesting and exciting and thus will provide greater enjoyment to viewers. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | by making it legal, we can also monitor it, which would end the more serious problems of forcing people to dope against their will, and people overdosing because of lack of knowledge & supervision. | legalizing doping represents an adaptation to new technology and is a natural progression of the rules in the same way that sport adapted to better athletic clothing and shoes. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | athletes are adults who can make decisions for themselves and the state has no right to interfere. | we should legalize doping in sport because it is a victim-less crime. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | we should legalize doping in sport because there is no difference aesthetically between improving performance with drugs and with newly-designed training and equipment. | regulating doping in any fair and comprehensive way is almost impossible, and therefore doping should be made legal so that all athletes are on the same playing field. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | legalizing doping makes sports fairer. right now when a few athletes dope they gain a huge advantage which makes sports unfair, but legalizing doping evens the playing field. | the essence of sport is to watch humanity reach it's peaks, and doping helps in achieving that, just like special clothes or shoes did in the past | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because criminalizing doping leads to newer, more dangerous drugs that are not tested for replacing better studied and understood drugs. | people should be allowed to do with their body as they wish, and sports organizations should not limit individuals bodily autonomy by banning doping. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | people watch sports because of the entertainment value, players who dope can play a more entertaining and intense game because they are stronger. | the infrastructure supporting anti-doping is incredibly expensive and wastes a lot of money and energy, requiring millions of dollars in testing and monitoring. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | we should legalize doping in sport because it is unfair to impose one group's ethical standards for what is and is not fair in sport onto everyone else without their consent. | by making it legal, we can also monitor it, which would end the more serious problems of forcing people to dope against their will, and people overdosing because of lack of knowledge & supervision. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | we should legalize doping in sport because it will allow women to compete at or closer to the level of men in sports where there has previously been an advantage for men. | most people take interest in sport ( like the olympics ) when records are being brake and adding drugs to sports meaning that note records will brake = sport will be more entertaining | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | just as we enable aerodynamic swimsuits or running shoes, doping enables us to test the true limits of the human body. | the infrastructure supporting anti-doping is incredibly expensive and wastes a lot of money and energy, requiring millions of dollars in testing and monitoring. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a2 | sports now becomes more fair, because doping allows athletes to correct for the random birth lottery - now, one athlete isn't better than another just because they were born with more testosterone | legalizing doping will allow legitimate top scientists to work on creating safer and more effective drugs where they are currently created by worse scientists willing to do illegal things. | We should legalize doping in sport |
a1 | government has no right to regulate citizen behavior unless there are third party harms, gambling only has the potential to harm the person doing the gambling since it is there money. | supervised reasonable gambling, done under strict restrictions that protects the gambler, is very enjoyable and enriches the gamblers life. it is not more wasteful then going to a fancy restaurant. | Gambling should not be banned |
a2 | it is unfair to punish the gambling industry and gamblers for associated crime since they do not cause it and criminals should be punished regardless. | banning gambling won't stop the phenomena. it will only enhance illegal underground gambling. giving that, the supervision on gambling will be much harder and people will get harm more severly | Gambling should not be banned |
a1 | gambling, much like any other game, is also a form of entertainment which certain people enjoy because of its risk. therefore, we should allow it. | most people don't spend a lot (and we can even cap the amount), and then the gov damages almost don't happen | Gambling should not be banned |
a2 | it's going to happen anyway in a black market. we need regulation | we should not ban gambling because it can bring in a lot of tax revenue for cities. | Gambling should not be banned |