[DiogenesLamp]

False analogy. Some guy getting high in his living room (or even in the park) doesn't deprive anyone else of life, liberty or property.

I have lost count of how many children I have heard of over the years who's fathers sat around stoned all the time instead of PAYING FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S UPKEEP!

I know one man now who is a stoner and owes $28,000.00 in back child support.

So let me ask you, do you think perhaps the "victims" of this "victimless crime" might be us tax payers who have to pay to keep these children fed and sheltered? How about the children themselves, could they be victims of these people's pot use?

[fr_freak]

I have lost count of how many children I have heard of over the years who's fathers sat around stoned all the time instead of PAYING FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S UPKEEP!

How many kids had fathers sitting around drunk instead of paying for their children's upkeep? Are you ready to re-instate Prohibition because of those drunks?

A couple of things you should keep in mind:

1) What you've "heard of" is worth nothing. Word-of-mouth types of information tend to get exaggerated, twisted, or otherwise altered to the point of worthlessness.
2) Worthless people tend to be worthless regardless of their drug/bad habit of choice. Good people who like to drink will not be worthless drunks; worthless people who like to drink will be worthless drunks. Good people who like to smoke pot will not be worthless stoners; worthless people who like to smoke pot will be worthless stoners.

It appears to be a regular thing among segments of humanity to blame objects instead of people for bad behavior. If a guy shoots someone, don't blame him, blame the gun. If a guy robs someone, don't blame him, blame poverty, or society. If a guy fails to do his duty by his children, don't blame him, blame the booze he was drinking or the pot he was smoking.