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To: Manly Warrior
prevent their poor choices from affecting me and mine.

Almost everything anyone does "affects" someone else; the proper test for government force is the narrower "violation of rights" (cf. the Declaration of Independence), which pot sale and use are not.

147 posted on 09/07/2019 10:04:10 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

Your response if stupid. Of course actions have consequences, some actions are known to have worse or higher probability of bad outcomes. Painting my window frames is not likely to harm anyone. smoking drugs that alter ones mind state is however and doing other dangerous things ( driving, painting your window frames) increases risk to others. If you can’t find waldo in this equation, you may not ought be on your own.

But hey, we all set our own standards on FR...


158 posted on 09/07/2019 11:26:16 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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