Posted on 07/25/2006 1:08:16 AM PDT by freepatriot32
Excuse me for a moment while I vent about the mind-boggling stupidity of the autocratic, bureaucratic, right-wing, Neanderthal numskulls who keep pushing an insane, inane, and inhumane holy war against marijuana – which is, after all, a weed.
The most embarrassing thing for these holy warriors is that the weed is winning! They've been at this war since 1937, spending billions and billions of our tax dollars, militarizing our borders, and stomping on our Bill of Rights. They've used phone taps, garbage searches, jackbooted raids, and draconian prison terms to ... well, to do what? To nab peaceful, mellow tokers who aren't bothering anyone, that's what.
Despite 60 years of spending our money, they've failed: 85% of Americans say marijuana is easy to obtain today, a third of our population says they've tried it, nearly 15 million people partake of it at least monthly – and more high school students now smoke marijuana than cigarettes!
Meanwhile, the holy warriors have become more fanatical and thuggish than ever. A marijuana arrest is made every 41 seconds in America – nine out of 10 of them for mere possession. In 2004, 772,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges – more than for all violent crimes combined.
Even sicker, the sanctimonious weed warriors have made it a crime for thousands of seriously sick people to get the medical benefits of using small amounts of doctor-prescribed marijuana. Weirdly, our doctors can prescribe cocaine for patients – but not marijuana. Worse, drug thugs from the DEA and FBI bust down the doors of these patients, seize their dosages ... and haul them to jail.
For information and action to stop this absurd war, call the Marijuana Policy Project: 202/462-5747.
So you're saying that a Libertarian would support a law banning offensive behavior? How would your Libertarian justify this?
Your post #171 didn't ask about Libertarians. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to learn of Libertarians who support a law banning public masturbation, and who justify it on the same basis as they justify their support for laws regulating tire-burning.
If you insist on being part of the debate, AND if you have anything to add to the subject, feel free to answer my original question. How would such a Libertarian justify it?
If you don't know, don't respond.
Your question has been answered repeatedly. Amusingly, you will not not accept this reality, and insist that a proper Big "L" libertarian would make, - what, -- a 'proper' answer that you could shoot down with conventional knowledge?
If you don't know, don't respond.
We do 'know' -- and we will respond, whether you like it or not.
That's a falsehood; your post #171 made no mention of that other post.
You decided to butt in and then attempted to change the discussion to burning tires.
That's another falsehood; I added burning tires but in no way ignored or drove out the subject of public masturbation.
You couldn't make an honest post if your life depended on it, could you?
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