来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础第25集第25集》

In those societies, they were a crime.

在那些社会中这种行为就是犯罪
You can disagree with it, and you should say,

你可以不同意你应该说
"Well, homosexuality should be decriminalized";

"同性恋应该被合法化"
as it was, fortunately, decriminalized,

如果它幸运地得到合法化
it's not a crime any longer.

它就不再是犯罪了
Well smoking and selling marijuana is a crime.

吸烟和销售大麻是一种犯罪行为
It is being punished; you can end up in jail.

会受到惩罚被关进监狱
That's a fact.

这是事实
You may think that marijuana should be decriminalized,

你也许认为大麻应该合法化
but the fact that the consumption of marijuana,

但事实上大麻的消费
and marketing of marijuana is a crime.

和大麻的销售都是犯罪行为
Today in the United States, it is an objective fact. Right?

在今天的美国这是一个客观事实