Posted on 02/25/2015 7:36:18 AM PST by MadIsh32
It’s not like WWIII is threatening to erupt over in Syria, or Iraq, or Libya, or Ukraine, or Egypt - we need to worry about whether we’re locking up enough potheads in DC.
You're right - still not the business of the Federal government.
Well they are already imposing taxes on me to pay for the feeding and upkeep of a bunch of worthless drug users. Why do I have to be a slave to pay for these addict's "freedom"?
I agree. I don't like pot, but I also don't like property forfeitures and I definitely don't like the Republicans getting off-message... which this issue threatens to be.
I can think of one Pot-head in DC that very badly needs to be locked up.
I disagree. Drugs are an existential threat to any government which tolerates them, and the first duty of government is to insure it's own survival.
China forgot this, and their several thousand year old form of government collapsed within seventy years after dope was legalized there.
And that is the most significant point made in regards to this kerfuffle.
>> This is one argument I wish the GOP would stay out of
It seems like it’s the only thing the GOP is taking on.
Resorting to personal attacks is a sure sign someone is afraid they are losing the debate. Stay classy, DiogenesLamp.
2% usage is not a failure
Fabricating statistics is another sign.
China's war on drugs was a failure, and they lost the war, and their nation some decades later.
Yeah, the immoral & reprehensible actions of Great Britain might have had just a little something to do with that.
The cost of the “drug war” on our liberties is far more threatening to the state of the Republic than drugs. People need to handle their own lives and their own house. It’s not the government’s job.
Well they are already imposing taxes on me to pay for the feeding and upkeep of a bunch of worthless drug users. Why do I have to be a slave to pay for these addict's "freedom"?
That's a bogus question ... you were paying when pot was illegal for them - and still are today unless you live in one of the few states that has legalized - so obviously what you're paying for is NOT their freedom. (By all means, let's condition welfare on passing drug and alcohol tests - or better yet, end welfare altogether.)
Oh it wasn't personal. It was a general attribute noticeable in all Libertarians. They simply don't grasp the world beyond their own shallow experience.
Fabricating statistics is another sign.
So don't do that.
Yeah, the immoral & reprehensible actions of Great Britain might have had just a little something to do with that.
And you naively think that some other agent(s) won't come along and perform the same role that the British East India company played? Do you not see pharmaceutical companies hawking their wares every day on television?
As I recall, the British East India Company had more than TV ads backing their efforts.
No it isn't, and this is what I mean by people not having a good grasp of this issue. If you let society descend into anarchy, your liberties will be forfeit anyway.
Just how much Liberty do you think China had after that dictator took over from the Chaos?
You create Chaos, you get a dictator. Dictator's always follow Chaos because the people start demanding "order."
Here, perhaps Tytler can explain it to you.
Are you going to try to mislead people again? Once Opium was legalized, the product sales increased all by itself. They probably put up handbills and had hawkers, but that's about it.
Drugs sell themselves, once you get them started in a populace. Again, you became infected by people you knew.
Any other Chicom programs you are in favor of? Lol
>>So don't do that.
I'm not the one making up the 2% statistic, you are. How about a cite for that stat, as well as the methodology used to arrive at that number?
>>>Yeah, the immoral & reprehensible actions of Great Britain might have had just a little something to do with that.
>>And you naively think that some other agent(s) won't come along and perform the same role that the British East India company played? Do you not see pharmaceutical companies hawking their wares every day on television?
It's true - I don't believe the marijuana industry will forcefully invade our country, kill our people and seize our land because they would like to see marijuana legal.
You misunderstand. It is you people who want to legalize drugs that are in favor of following China into Dictatorship. That is where that path leads.
China was forced to legalize opium by Great Britain.
And this discussion is about marijuana, not opium.
Two facts you conveniently "forget".
An All Oppressive Big Gubamint that knows what is best for you is a Gubamint that will strangle itself&you to win regardless of the issue.
There is no science to Big Gubamint Politik, it simply exists becuz we allow it to.
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