[MAWG]

" I dont advocate their use but I oppose their criminalization." Clinton couldn't have parsed it better. In your earlier post, you did advocate their use. So, which is it? If your not breaking the law the Jackbooted thugs will leave you alone. C'mon, if you're a dope smoker from Colorado, redundant I know, SAY SO. That way, we'll all type slower so you dont miss anything!

[coloradan]

Clinton couldn't have parsed it better. In your earlier post, you did advocate their use.

No I didn't - here is what I wrote:

"FWIW it bears pointing out that cannabis, coca, and poppies are natural life forms placed on this earth ... and that the Bible states how herbs are made for the enjoyment of mankind."

If anything, I pointed out that the Bible advocates its use, but I have not disclosed whether I agree or disagree with this position.

If your not breaking the law the Jackbooted thugs will leave you alone.

That is false. Ismael Mena wasn't breaking the law, but he lived next to one who was. Since the police put the wrong address on the warrant, and the judge signed it, Ismael Mena was murdered in his own bed in his own home by agents of the state. This happened in Denver a couple years ago - and his story, sadly, isn't unique.

C'mon, if you're a dope smoker from Colorado, redundant I know, SAY SO. That way, we'll all type slower so you dont miss anything!

I don't smoke dope, but it wouldn't matter if I did; in an honest discussion of issues, you are obliged to address the content of my arguments, and not impugn me personally. If anyone needs to type slower for the other's benfit, it's me - you misstated that I had advocated drug use, when in fact I have only suggested that the Bible may have done so. "FWIW it bears pointing out that cannabis, coca, and poppies are natural life forms placed on this earth ... and that the Bible states how herbs are made for the enjoyment of mankind."

[Fraulein]

According to the CDC, chronic liver disease/cirrhosis (from excessive alcohol consumption) is one of the top ten leading causes of death in this country. Then there's the sustained child abuse/violence which comes from growing up in an alcoholic home (and then those children grow up to be Adult Children of Alcoholics). And then there is death by alcohol poisoning, people driving automobiles being fatally struck by drunk drivers, and the list goes on and on...

[sonjay]

If your not breaking the law the Jackbooted thugs will leave you alone.

Unfortunately, that's not true. The jackbooted thugs have killed quite a few totally innocent people in no-knock SWAT team raids at the wrong address -- people who were not breaking the law and who were sleeping peacefully in their beds.