I don't think that any but the most naïve lawmaker believes that these laws will stop the behaviour they criminalise. Rather, they simply further the "3 felonies a day" state of being (http://www.harveysilverglate.com/Books/ThreeFeloniesaDay.asp... I will set aside (because I honestly don't know what I believe) whether that is an intended or unintended effect.

I'm in favor of anything that degrades the respect for the rule of law qua law.

We'll have direct democracy on this stuff yet! Look at the Swiss.

> We'll have direct democracy on this stuff yet! Look at the Swiss.

Sorry, I'm not sufficiently up to date on this stuff to know at what about the Swiss to look. Could you elaborate?