[tacticalogic]

None of the governments in Madison time addressed the question of pot, to my knowledge. Again, the quote in the post is about the need for a government in the context of my discussions with a libertarian pro-pot poster. I don’t know why this reference to Madison is so significant to you, and I apologize if you feel I tried to mislead you or others as to the nature of Madison and the Founding Fathers and their views on pot.

And the failure to make the distinction between state and federal governments is all good, because "it's about pot", right?

[elhombrelibre]

The failure was due to my inability to think that someone would come along and take great exception with me for not making clear for him what I believed was statement about government (not state, not federal) in general using a Madison quote to what he believes requires a constitutional exegesis about states rights and enumerated powers, I guess.