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To: tpaine
Then you and I (and others obviously) have a fundamental disagreement about this issue. You can nitpick at any statement that I bring up, but you will only be preaching to your choir and influencing me not one whit. And vice-versa.

If you will allow me to use a religious reference--I once heard a minister state that there were certain things in his religion that he would die over, fight over and fuss over. To me, this is not an issue I would die for.

106 posted on 06/06/2006 11:37:13 AM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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To: SoftballMominVA
Drugs were not "illegal" till government prohibitions. I disagree that prohibition is legal/constitutional.

The issue is legalization of drugs such as marijuana, heroin, cocaine and whatever else is the drug of the month. Do you support legalizing, controlling, and/or decriminalizing what drugs are now considered illegal?

I support the US Constitution, which does not empower any level of government to prohibit life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Making & enforcing prohibitions [on drugs,- or any type of property ] violate due process. -- Reasonable regulations do not.

Then you and I (and others obviously) have a fundamental disagreement about this issue.

We have a fundamental disagreement about our Constitution.

You can nitpick at any statement that I bring up, but you will only be preaching to your choir and influencing me not one whit. And vice-versa.

Feel free to consider my counters on constitutional issues as a "nitpick", -- but be aware that you are only fooling yourself about your own freedoms.

If you will allow me to use a religious reference--I once heard a minister state that there were certain things in his religion that he would die over, fight over and fuss over. To me, this is not an issue I would die for.

Part of the whole drug issue is that many of your peers are indeed dying over it; -- on the streets & in jail. And our whole republican form of government is being subverted because of it..

113 posted on 06/06/2006 11:55:37 AM PDT by tpaine
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