Very much my point, Louis, though much better developed and eloquently extended.

I am a bit of a libertarian myself. Though I personally would avoid most such legal vices, I really don't see the need to criminalize them (providing no harm is done to others and for consenting adults only).

If it were the defining "image" of my culture, however, I would be horrifically embarrassed. The image of an entire county centered on a Seaman first's ideal liberty port?