Take note, drug warriors: this is from a
CONSERVATIVE source: the National Review.
The War on Drugs (especially pot smokers) is a socialist, anti-freedom program. Live it, learn it, love it.
1 posted on
05/10/2005 2:33:54 PM PDT by
bassmaner
To: Wolfie; jmc813
2 posted on
05/10/2005 2:34:29 PM PDT by
bassmaner
(Let's take the word "liberal" back from the commies!!)
To: bassmaner
Give it up. It's a cultural issue, not a government issue. Since pot smokers are perceived to be liberals, they are fair game for the right. Rush can suck down cigars, pop pills, and get divorced 4 times and he's a pillar of the community, but smoke a bone with some friends and you deserve jail time. That's your culture war for you.
3 posted on
05/10/2005 2:38:20 PM PDT by
Huck
(One day the lion will lay down with the lamb; Until that day comes, I want America to be the lion.)
To: bassmaner
but pot smokers eat all the rice crispy treats and drive soooo fast
4 posted on
05/10/2005 2:39:06 PM PDT by
RolandBurnam
(I WANT SOME PORK RINDS!!!!!)
To: bassmaner
It is my observation that, after several decades of propaganda against what is little more than a common plant, many people who are otherwise good conservatives have been brainwashed to the point where they jump on the "pot is evil" bandwagon before their higher reasons processes ever have a chance to engage.
7 posted on
05/10/2005 2:40:49 PM PDT by
Joe Brower
(The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
To: bassmaner
9 posted on
05/10/2005 2:41:56 PM PDT by
Teflonic
To: bassmaner
To: bassmaner
I smoked the evil weed for nearly 30 years.. Want to know what I learned from it?
It makes you lazy & stupid... and paranoid.
But still, I agree that it should be legal. Booze is far more dangerous. The WOP (war on pot) is a huge waste of resources.
I don't smoke it anymore. I haven't for a number of years now because I no longer enjoy how it makes me feel (lazy, paranoid and stupid). I wouldn't advise anyone to start smoking it any more than I would suggest someone start smoking Camels or drinking heavily.
But should people go to jail for it?
Nah...
23 posted on
05/10/2005 3:04:05 PM PDT by
Trampled by Lambs
(This Tagline is on hiatus as I think of a new one.)
To: bassmaner
Oh good another pot thread were all the usual say all the same things as in past threads and no one listens and no one learns. So I guess I should throw mine out there
There is not a valid, logical, legitimate reason for pot to be illegal.
/Flame on
To: bassmaner; Cornpone; All
I'm a conservative, not a libertarian (colors nailed to the mast, LOL), but I believe the legalization of cannabis (what we call marijuana on my side of the Atlantic), I get angry seeing health mullahs and nanny staters complain about "passive smoking" and "binge drinking", that I no longer take a hard line anti-drug viewpoint, though saying that, I think hard drugs should remain illegal.
27 posted on
05/10/2005 3:10:45 PM PDT by
Irish_Thatcherite
(George Orwell was the first Neocon!)
To: bassmaner
National Review has been for decriminalizing marijuana use for many decades and I agree with them wholeheartedly. That is not to say the Constitution restricts Congress from criminalizing it. It isn't a rights issue, but one of wise policy.
At the same time, I have to smile. I think NR waxes libertarian quite consciously when they want to draw in more South Park conservatives.
To: bassmaner
I've swilled my share of beer in my time, but I've never touched an illegal drug. That being said, I'd give pot a try maybe if it were made legal. I really think it's senseless to have it be illegal, and I think it's the height of idiocy to not give Doctors the option of prescribing it for pain management, etc.
34 posted on
05/10/2005 3:24:59 PM PDT by
SoDak
(Hoist that rag!)
To: bassmaner
"hide 'de white wimmin" bump
40 posted on
05/10/2005 3:43:11 PM PDT by
dread78645
(Sarcasm tags are for wusses.)
To: bassmaner
He was specifically talking about marijuana as a part of the WOD and not all drugs that fall under the WOD. He advocated nothing but the easing of arrests for marijuana, and the continued fight against hard and dangerous drugs.
To: bassmaner
I soked pot in college in the late 1960s. I was a business major but only partied on Friday nights with freinds listening to Santana, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jim Croce, Stones, Beatles, Earth Wind and Fire, and the Moody Blues.
Beyond Friday nights however, it was straight milk, or iced tea.
70 posted on
05/10/2005 5:20:32 PM PDT by
Cobra64
To: bassmaner
To: bassmaner
We had a guy call in to one of our local conservative talk radio shows today.
He was telling us how good pot was and how it doesn't hurt anybody, yada yada.
The host asked him a few questions.... like:
1. What is 7X7?
2. Spell Cumulus?
3. What is 6X6?
He couldn't answer anything.... yep, pots great for you. We should all smoke pot.
95 posted on
05/10/2005 8:21:00 PM PDT by
Dashing Dasher
(Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.)
To: bassmaner
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