Government Against the People

Words of Truth ^ | Aaron Armitage

[Protagoras]

That would SKYROCKET usage.

This is pure speculation. You must have a crystal ball.

Back in your illegal drug use days, did you smoke all the grass you wanted to or would your usage have shyrocketed if you could have bought it from the Walgreens instead of from the morons who you hung around with?

[Texaggie79]

Back in your illegal drug use days, did you smoke all the grass you wanted to or would your usage have shyrocketed if you could have bought it from the Walgreens instead of from the morons who you hung around with?

Several things kept me from smoking as much as I wanted. First, we could only smoke in safe places where we wouldn't get caught. Second, it was expensive, so limited money meant limited usage. Third, we had many "dry spells" where no one had any to sell.

[Protagoras]

Oh please! We aren't talking feelings here. We are talking legal principles.

You said you had no problem with people harming themselves. I didn't make it up. Which is it? You do or you don't?

If you wish to rethink your comment and withdraw it would be fine. I might have you mixed up with another poster but I thought you claimed to be a Christian at some point in the past. Forgive me if I am mistaken.

[Texaggie79]

You said you had no problem with people harming themselves.

Right, in the view of rights. Personally, I am saddened and troubled, but that has nothing to do with laws, so there is no point in mentioning it.

[Pistias]

Back in your illegal drug use days, did you smoke all the grass you wanted to or would your usage have shyrocketed if you could have bought it from the Walgreens instead of from the morons who you hung around with?

Damn skippy!

[Texaggie79]

So the state has no say in me keeping a nuke in my house?

[Protagoras]

Damn skippy!

I'm not sure what that means. Please clarify, thank you.

[Protagoras]

Right, in the view of rights. Personally, I am saddened and troubled, but that has nothing to do with laws, so there is no point in mentioning it.

It makes it so easy when you can compartmentalize.

You are so troubled about people harming themselves that you advocate them being put in the pen or shot if they resist for trying to feel better.

We need sadness and concern from people like that like we need another.....

[Pistias]

Damn skippy=emphatic agreement

[Huck]

That the majority of the people currently support the war on drugs does nothing to make the means of enforcing it, which still don't work, any less like the measures of an occupying army.

I disagree. It makes all the difference.

Our government has declined from its original position under the Constitution, but our old liberty can be restored or even improved upon, if enough people have the will to do so.

I agree. Ultimately, we the People are accountable.

[Protagoras]

Damn skippy=emphatic agreement

Now that we have translated that strange language, who exactly is it that you "damn skippy" with?

[Texaggie79]

being put in the pen or shot if they resist for trying to feel better.

AWW, po wittle crack head, he is just trying to "Feel better", give him a break. So if I felt better by aiming a gun at my neighbors, would that make it ok?

[Protagoras]

Damn skippy=emphatic agreement

Now that we have translated that strange language, who exactly is it that you "damn skippy" with?

[Protagoras]

AWW, po wittle crack head, he is just trying to "Feel better", give him a break.

Who said anything about giving anyone a break? The truth is, he isn't taking the drugs to feel worse. Ya Think?

So if I felt better by aiming a gun at my neighbors, would that make it ok?

This is moronic, even by your standards.

I'll tell you one more time, I'll go v- e- r -y S -l -o -w -l -y for you because I know you have heard the explanation many many times before but still don't get it.

Pointing a gun at someone is in violation of their rights, therefore it is not OK even if it makes you feel good. It doesn't keep you from embracing that strategy however. You advocate the government people do it for you, probably because you haven't got the cajones to do it yourself.

[Protagoras]

AWW, po wittle crack head, he is just trying to "Feel better", give him a break.

It should also be pointed out that you are the same dude only with a different substance, pot. Poor little pot head/mushroom head, give him a break. Too bad you never got caught, I'm sure you would have told all the guys in the slammer that you did illegal drugs to feel worse.

"Hey guys, I was just feelin too good, so I took drugs to make me feel worse" LOL

[Texaggie79]

Pointing a gun at someone is in violation of their rights,

Why TJ, splain it in detail. What is the violation?.......

[Texaggie79]

I also drink DrPepper to feel better. I take asprin to feel better. Using those does not pose a threat to my neighbors.

[A.J.Armitage]

Yes, it is. That doesn't necessarily make it a legitimate or prudent concern of government--but it shows a fundamental disdain for your fellow man.

You're right. What people like Cultural Jihad don't understand is that arresting drug users, putting them in jail, and/or giving them criminal records (with the effects for emplayment that implies) is adding cruelty while doing nothing productive, since the problem is one of the soul, as Prof. Glenn might tell us if he were reading the thread. So the truly kind thing to do for an addict is not to use force, but to find some other way of helping him.