>> For the record, I do not advocate a ban. >> >> With the internet around, banning anything is like trying to hold on to a > fist full of sand.
Speaking purely economically - it's cheaper when they ban the darn thing. If they make it legal, they'll charge a bloody license fee and have auctions for licenses and some random minister will fraud the taxpayers and all that. I'd have put in a smiley but I think it's real!