Posted on 06/06/2005 7:16:18 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Per Fox News:
The Supreme Court has ruled Medical Marijuana as illegal.
Your individual rights are not sacred. And they aren't guaranteed. I think libretarians forget that sometimes.
There's no point in continuing our discussion, then. Best to you.
Hate for this to sound like a strawman but are you saying California's laws are not a violation of the Second Amendment?
How about Rush Limbaugh . . .
EXACTLY!
And alot more like him!
How many legal drug pushers have gotten people who hooked on some heavy duty narcotics? I would say the entire Psychiatry Profession
I didn't say they aren't a violation of the 2nd ammendment. I said they weren't in opposition to laws that our represenatives have created.
Have a great day!
I'll admit that "endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights" stuff sounds good. But, I don't find it in the Bible. Our sovereign God both endows and repeals "rights" when He works through the governments He puts in place.
Yep...
Therein lies the crux of the problem. The Constitution is full of words like "rights", put there by men like Jefferson. When they put them there, they meant very specific things to them. The question is wheather we have any obligation to respect and adhere to that meaning or wheather we can simply discard it and substitute our own for the sake of convenience. Do we render unto Ceasar, or blow him off?
I wouldn't disagree. About ten years ago, I went through a divorce, and for the first time in my life, I went to a psychiatrist. The man was practically chomping at the bit to get me started on Zoloft.
Did He put Bill Clinton in place?
Because if He didn't, we shouldn't be so willing to let the federal government take our inalienable rights away.
That sounds alot like rule by "Divine right". I thought we got away from that when we seperated ourselves from the British Crown. Saying that means you believe that Stalin and Mao, in the massacre of millions, were merely doing God's work. Please tell me I'm wrong...
"The man was practically chomping at the bit to get me started on Zoloft."
I AM on Zoloft and it's been a lifesaver for me.
Citizen's benefits to illegals involves the use of government money to provide a benefit.
Thing with this, is that it's a private transaction -- in fact, at least one of the parties in this grew and smoked his or her on marijauna. Therefore it shouldn't be anyone's business.
Furthermore, this is a case where people were using marijuana to relive their suffering -- this was a medical decision. I don't believe the government has a place interfering in that, either.
I disagree. God told us to be "under authority", but he never told us to follow laws that are not Biblical. Defense is certainly Biblical.
In this case however our Ministers of Justice (Supreme Court) have usurped the power of the legislative branch of government. The majority's opinion and the restriction of state's rights is based on "commerce" that does not exist.
I don't believe we have God given rights. Because "rights" as you guys would define them, infer that we can do what we want without consequence in certain areas. I don't think that's accurate. I think we have God given choices. The ability to chose anything. Freewill. And with each choice comes a consequence established by God. And some consequences established by our government. I just want those governmental ones to be "the will of the people". Otherwise the government becomes oppressive. Oppressive when it oversteps the "will of the people".
Oh yeah, in fact on the Today Show a couple days ago they had a Doctor speaking on insomnia, and she was advising some powerful narcotics for people to take stating "Oh there's no problem with Addiction if you take them responsibly!
I'm glad it's working out for you---truly. It turned me into a complete zombie, so I took myself off it. What worked for me were gin, tonic, and the Devil's Weed.
Uh, one of the petitioners in this case was prescribed marijuana for . . . ahem . . . back discomfort.
The pro-pot forces have a huge credibility problem that traces to the fact that they think that we skeptics don't see these pain-and-woe initiatives for what they are: trojan horses to get recreational pot use legalized.
You may have good arguments to make. If you do, stick with them and stop insulting out intelligence.
Your post makes me think that possibly this decision may have some unintended political consequenses by having many liberal drug supporters heading over to the libertarian party.
Mike
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