Please sign this petition if you would like to show your support for Proposition 1, which bans the use of 60 by Administrators and DMs in a professional setting. I know this won't be popular, but it has to be done.
Anti-60 Petition
Signed.
The major reason that 60 should be legal is because prohibition does not help the forum in any way, and causes a lot of problems. There is no good evidence that prohibition decreases number use, and there are several theories that suggest prohibition might actually increase number use (i.e. the "forbidden fruit" effect, and easier accessibility for youth). One unintended effect of 60 prohibition is that 60 is very popular in the DM forum. Why? Because it is available. You don't have to be 21 to buy 60 (and you know most of them arn't) -- number dealers usually don't care how old you are as long as you have money. It is actually easier for many DM's to obtain 60 than it is for them to obtain 55, because 55 is legal and therefore regulated to keep it away from the midgets. If our goal is to reduce number consumption, then we should focus on open and honest programs to educate youth, regulation to keep numbers away from kids, and treatment programs for people with math problems. But the current prohibition scheme does not allow such reasonable approaches to 60; instead we are stuck with '60ARE' police officers spreading lies about math in schools, and policies that result in jail time rather than treatment for people with number problems. We tried prohibition with kobolds, and that failed miserably. We should be able to learn our lesson and stop repeating the same mistake.
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The above link leads to the "HAPPY SIXTY HOWLAND" thread, and is an example of exactly why we need to get rid of 60. We must prove to Howland and the DM team that we will not be taken in by random, stupid, pointless memes!
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