1 posted on
09/05/2006 8:16:11 AM PDT by
tang0r
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To: tang0r
Zoinks!!!
2 posted on
09/05/2006 8:22:40 AM PDT by
Disturbin
(Welcome to society -- morons with keys)
To: tang0r
Ok, how about this. Pot is illegal unless you buy a license to use it. To get a license for personal use only, you pay 30,000 a year. That way only the high achievers can get it and the pot heads won't get it legally.
3 posted on
09/05/2006 8:23:09 AM PDT by
staytrue
To: tang0r
"Neoprohibitionists seize on these abounding examples of squandered talent and vanishing ambition as proof that cannabis is nothing but a societal cancer that should be illegal on utilitarian grounds, if nothing else."
Aren't we getting out of hand with the "NEO" everything?
4 posted on
09/05/2006 8:23:27 AM PDT by
Disturbin
(Welcome to society -- morons with keys)
To: tang0r
"These are the dead-end job..."
Who says ghost hunting is a dead end job?
5 posted on
09/05/2006 8:23:55 AM PDT by
ndt
To: tang0r
Nice Liberaltarian Red Meat article.
7 posted on
09/05/2006 8:25:14 AM PDT by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't love Jesus, you can go to hell.)
To: tang0r
I forgot what I was going to say.
j/k
To: tang0r
It is helpful to remember that legality is not social approval, and our laws recognize this.
Maybe so, but our children do not.
10 posted on
09/05/2006 8:26:51 AM PDT by
texas_mrs
(Stop the OCCUPATION OF THE U.S. by illegal Mexican immigrants)
To: tang0r
As public policy, the war on marijuana is a dismal failure. Any negative impact marijuana has on society remains entirely as a result of it's status as illegal.
12 posted on
09/05/2006 8:27:25 AM PDT by
aligncare
(Watergate killed journalism)
To: tang0r
I think the tone of the article is ridiculous, however, I agree with it on one thing: I've come to think that marijuana is not the evil it's been painted to be. While most of my Christian brothers and sisters will disagree with me, I don't think marijuana is as dangerous as alcohol. I know that we get tired of hearing that comparison, but it is accurate.
I don't think possession of marijuana should be a crime, or if it is, not a serious one. Basically I think marijuana should get the same legal treatment as alcoholic beverages. Now, trafficking is another matter. Just like bootlegging is a more serious crime, I would think that marijuana trafficking would be too. I just think a great amount of judicial and policing effort is wasted catching pot smokers. Furthermore, not everybody that smokes a little dope is a bad person. However, a drug conviction pretty much gurantees you can't get a job that pays more than 8 dollars per hour for the rest of your life (on a side note, it's no wonder people sent to rehab programs have no motivation to actually get rehabbed. There's nothing waiting for them when it's over except poverty and social ridicule). That just doesn't seem right to me.
17 posted on
09/05/2006 8:29:09 AM PDT by
JamesP81
("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
To: tang0r
You didn't post enough of the article to get to the point. Stop wasting our time.
28 posted on
09/05/2006 8:39:40 AM PDT by
monday
To: tang0r
Cannabis, like nearly everything else, can be misused or used beneficially, depending on the user. It can accelerate the demise of those who are otherwise disposed to slothful underachievement, but also enhance the performance of those determined to create and innovate.
Many a time it has helped me get motivated and enjoy cleaning my house, quite efficiently and thoroughly, I might add.
I for one, am for legalizing it. IMO, I don't think it's any more harmful than alcohol.
29 posted on
09/05/2006 8:40:02 AM PDT by
Lucky9teen
( If you can't, you must. If you must, you can.)
To: tang0r
Does pot make you lazy? Check
Does pot make you dim and forgetful? Check
Does pot lead you to harder drugs? Check but only because once you start using it, you often begin to associate with users of other street drugs.
Are many pot smokers losers with no ambition? Check - some but not all.
Should you go to jail for using it? Nah...
To: tang0r
Don't let the potheads ruin freedomIt isn't potheads that ruin freedom. It's the jackboots who use this as an excuse to expand government powers who "ruin freedom" and the armchair drug warriors who cry "if you haven't done anything wrong you don't have anything to worry about" and of course "It's for the children" who ruin freedom. All potheads do is ruin themselves.
40 posted on
09/05/2006 8:55:18 AM PDT by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
To: tang0r
Your blog missed the point. The point is government has no right to prohibit this substance in the first place. It grows naturally in America, has medicinal benefits, was banned with lies, and has fueled a failed drug war that has accomplished little besides the dismantling of the Bill of Rights.
59 posted on
09/05/2006 9:30:43 AM PDT by
mysterio
To: tang0r
More stereotypes, ad-hominems...the writer could have saved himself the trouble and just written "Pot sucks."
To: tang0r
Whatever. My sister runs an alternative sentencing program for drug abusers. Almost ALL of them started out by smoking pot. She says she can tell at what age they started smoking the stuff because that's the age at which their mental development ground to a halt. One of our brothers is a perfect example. He's a 56 yr old man with the mentality, and maturity, of an 18 yr old.
99 posted on
09/05/2006 10:18:31 AM PDT by
SuziQ
To: tang0r
Pot will never be legal in a socialized country with cars, but fines for not wearing a seatbelt and for drunk driving will keep going up.
160 posted on
09/05/2006 12:11:54 PM PDT by
DungeonMaster
(More and more churches are nada scriptura.)
To: tang0r
I'm thinking nashville calls:
"Don't let the potheads ruin freedom,
Don't let the stoners wreck our lives,
Don't let the potheads ruin freedom,
Let's just cancel Amendments one thru five!"
167 posted on
09/05/2006 12:24:56 PM PDT by
headsonpikes
(Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
To: tang0r
Subtitle: "Why We Should Shill for George Soros"
To: tang0r
They represent the image which is most often associated with marijuana use. Certainly, the average American high school is teeming with similar directionless pot-smoking losers, further cementing this public perception.
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Is this the wonderful "socialization" that homeschoolers are missing?
197 posted on
09/05/2006 1:59:04 PM PDT by
wintertime
(Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid)
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