To: muir_redwoods
"They may get the idea that they are old enough to decide for themselves what is good for them."Yeah, real tough decision. What's the downside? The government forces me to take care of them when they get all screwed up and need help.
Change that part first, then we'll talk about legalization.
To: robertpaulsen
"Yeah, real tough decision. What's the downside? The government forces me to take care of them when they get all screwed up and need help."And this differs from alcohol, cigarettes, fast cars, motorcycles, mountain climbing, venereal disease, etc, etc precisely how?
59 posted on
08/12/2005 2:44:01 AM PDT by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopeckne is walking around free)
To: robertpaulsen
The government forces me to take care of them when they get all screwed up and need help. Change that part first, then we'll talk about legalization. The problem is that you are one of the very few drug warriors who has libertarian views on the welfare state. "Compassionate" conservatives crave the nanny state.
60 posted on
08/12/2005 10:20:56 AM PDT by
jmc813
("Small-government conservative" is a redundancy, and "compassionate conservative" is an oxymoron.)
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