I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries to explore. My life experience came from watching movies TV and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool places that seem interesting people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.
The wedding took place in Vermont where they have legalized gay civil unions and I married a woman.
Advertising is legalized lying.
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
If somebody invented cigarettes today the government would not legalize them.
We don't seem to be able to check crime so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?