What most people in favor of banning this, that or the other (drugs, prostitution, etc.) never seem to consider is that these bans are effectively unenforceable, or at least that they would have to go to great lengths in order to enforce them, including effectively eliminating privacy for anyone.
Hmm, this reminds me of a comment I made to someone after having seen The Lives of Others. I was astounded at just what the East German government had been able to achieve using nothing more than ink and paper to record data on citizens. "Just imagine what they'd have been able to do with a modern database and some data mining software", I said. It's frightening to think what they might have achieved. Then again, we might find out soon enough.
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