Motivations.

I find it funny that sometimes we think the best way to stop people from doing something, is to outlaw it. Make it illegal.

Granted, for some people, there is a threshold for certain activities. If it is not illegal to steal, then more people will feel inclined to do so because there is less risk. But the idea that something making it illegal to steal means that nobody will steal is a bit silly I think.

I believe this. Everybody performs an action because they have some motivation to do so. I steal because I have no money because I have no job because no one will hire me because I'm Asian. Either that or I steal because I don't think it hurts anyone. I tell my girlfriend to have an abortion because I don't have the money to support the child.

But if you erase the motivation, any of the above said actions, are suddenly gone.

This, is how I think we should be going about stopping people from doing these we deem, undesirable.

Of course, changing people's motivations, is infinitely more difficult of a job than simply making it illegal.