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To: APFel
So whatever. They want their weed and they want the g'mnt to not arrest them for it. They drone on and on about "rights" but don't say boo about ACTUAL lost liberties such as eminent domain and leftist speech codes.

Like heck. A lot of the groups opposed to federal pot laws and in favor of decriminalization also work long and hard for other Constitutional rights. You, however, are the typical cafeteria conservative, who believes in limited government as long as it doesn't limit what you want government to do.

172 posted on 09/04/2006 7:07:34 AM PDT by dirtboy (This tagline has been photoshopped)
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To: dirtboy
A lot of the groups opposed to federal pot laws and in favor of decriminalization also work long and hard for other Constitutional rights.

Like sodomy, gay marriage and welfare?

174 posted on 09/04/2006 7:11:01 AM PDT by Mojave
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To: dirtboy
Like heck. A lot of the groups opposed to federal pot laws and in favor of decriminalization also work long and hard for other Constitutional rights.

Really? Can you point out some of the threads here on FR from the likes of NORML that condemn something other than the drug war? Or any of the other pro legalization groups for that matter? While I am sure there are some around here on FR, I'm willing to bet that the ratio of pro-drug articles to anything NOT pro-drug is 5:1 or more.

Perhaps I am a bit bitter; I used to be a Libertarian because I liked their supposed ideals. But the more I got involved, I learned it was all about the drugs. Cost of the drug war, DuPont conspiracies, cheap rope and clothing, more renewable than timber, blah blah blah. I know for a fact that most of those spouting that junk didn't give a fig about any of it. They just wanted their pot legal and cheap.

And in the end, I realized just how hollow the Libertarian party is, and how one dimensional hemp advocacy groups are. They are a sideshow in American politics.

Now let's discuss the part where you try to shoehorn me into believing something I don't believe... Let's see, where is that quote...

You, however, are the typical cafeteria conservative, who believes in limited government as long as it doesn't limit what you want government to do.

I am going to put this bluntly. You don't know me, you don't know my political background and you don't know my political beliefs. Putting words in another man's mouth makes you a poor rhetoritician. Ya dig?

APf

197 posted on 09/04/2006 9:16:55 AM PDT by APFel (Individualism. The alpha and the omega.)
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