Prosecutors are urged to fight against legalizing drugs like marijuana

Standard Democrat(Mississippi) | 12/29/02 | Scott Welton

[Mudboy Slim]

"I could probably ax my neighbor for a j tonight and get one without much worry about repercussion. Ditto if I wanted a ho. We are not really that without liberty, and maybe the very slight risk makes it a little more fun."

Hey, I'm an upper-middle class white dude and could probably get away with it, too...however, the Arbitrary Application of Justice makes a mockery of our legal system, doesn't it?! Why should some young ghetto lad get time in the pokey when you and I don't?! Isn't that one of the African-Americans' biggest beefs? If a law ain't seious enuff for everyone to get busted for it, my opinion is that it should be eliminated so that no one gets busted for it!!

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"You want risk, marry a woman who opposes your activities..."

LOL...ain't that the Truth?!

FReegards...MUD

[MrLeRoy]

If you are having a problem getting cheap drugs and hos

I don't use either---but your sleazy ad hominem is duly noted.

forgive the millions in this country who really don't care

Being cavalier about the liberty of others is certainly a stance that needs forgiveness.

and aren't going to march to your paranoid drum beat that Big Government is on the take.

Did I make that argument (if so, where) or are you resorting to beating straw men?

[realpatriot71]

“Those who support drug legalization are well funded and highly adept at manipulating the media,” reads a Nov. 1 letter to prosecutors from the president of the National District Attorneys Association, Dan M. Alsobrooks. “And they do not mind deceiving the American public as well.”

Oh the temerity . . .

[biblewonk]

You want risk, marry a woman who opposes your activities---don't impose your need for risk on the rest of us.

You started the "Sleaze" with this.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I could probably ax my neighbor for a j tonight and get one without much worry about repercussion. Ditto if I wanted a ho. We are not really that without liberty, and maybe the very slight risk makes it a little more fun.

Come now. If enforcement as loose as you claim it is, what's the point of enforcement at all? Why all the sturm undt drang coming from the White House about pot? Why, in the grand scheme of things, should a pot smoker risk the loss of his liberty and property for smoking grass?

[biblewonk]

Hey, I'm an upper-middle class white dude and could probably get away with it, too...however, the Arbitrary Application of Justice makes a mockery of our legal system, doesn't it?! Why should some young ghetto lad get time in the pokey when you and I don't?! Isn't that one of the African-Americans' biggest beefs? If a law ain't seious enuff for everyone to get busted for it, my opinion is that it should be eliminated so that no one gets busted for it!!

I think the concept of deterrant(sp) must be applied here. It would be very easy for cops to arrest everyone at 1 oclock when the bars close. Why do you suppose they don't?

[MrLeRoy]

and aren't going to march to your paranoid drum beat that Big Government is on the take.

Did I make that argument (if so, where) or are you resorting to beating straw men?

BUMP

[biblewonk]

PS. I like your use of "FRegards at the end of your posts. I think it really helps keep these things from becoming pissing matches which is so often the case.

Best FRegards BW

[MrLeRoy]

It would be very easy for cops to arrest everyone at 1 oclock when the bars close.

Arrest them on what charge?

[biblewonk]

That's sorta why I feel the Feds secretly want this WOSD to fail so that they can simply ratchet up the level of Civil Liberties the Fascists can deprive the American citizenry.

OK, you didn't say "on the take". You implied they are Fascists and I should have quoted you. Sorry.

[biblewonk]

Arrest them on what charge?

Reasonable grounds for suspecting they are .08 or better followed by a test to prove it. Most people leaving bars are past .08. There is a very good reason why they don't do this.

[MrLeRoy]

I should have quoted you.

You still haven't quoted me; you're quoting Mudboy Slim.

[MrLeRoy]

Most people leaving bars are past .08.

Provide evidence for your claim.

[MrLeRoy]

implied they are Fascists

Mistrust of government is a time-honored conservative principle.

[biblewonk]

Mistrust of government is a time-honored conservative principle.

BWHAHAHAHA! That's pretty good. It reminds me of my Army days where bitching about the Army was also a time-honored right of the enlisted men.

But for a Biblewonk there is a line where not trusting the gmt is a very faithless thing and I don't want to ignore that line.

[biblewonk]

Provide evidence for your claim.

Not necessary. .08 is hard to avoid if you are at a bar for a buzz which is what most people I see in bars are there for. Infact .08 and the existance of Bars are in oppisition to each other.

Reminds me of "it's a wonderful life" "We serve hard liquor for people who want to get drunk fast and we don't need no characters in here to give da joint atmosphere, do you get me, or do I have to slip you my left for a convinca"

[Mudboy Slim]

"I think the concept of deterrant(sp) must be applied here. It would be very easy for cops to arrest everyone at 1 o'clock when the bars close. Why do you suppose they don't?"

If everyone with a .1 or .08 blood alcohol level is considered drunk, then the cops are complicit in any potential accidents if they don't arrest these folks and should be held accountable, right?! IMHO, the drunk driving laws are a mockery as well, but I'm not sure that adequately addresses my question about the Arbitrary Application of Justice...do you?

We're also now moving into State and Local statutes which is where the WOSD should be engaged as well. Where does the Fed get off deciding which weeds should be made illegal?! Should this not be a State or Local concern and dealt with at that level?

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"...aren't going to march to your paranoid drum beat that Big Government is on the take."

Gotta agree with LeRoy...that was a low blow that did not further the rather reasoned argument you are making elsewhere...MUD

[biblewonk]

Come now. If enforcement as loose as you claim it is, what's the point of enforcement at all? Why all the sturm undt drang coming from the White House about pot? Why, in the grand scheme of things, should a pot smoker risk the loss of his liberty and property for smoking grass?

Cedar rapids is about average in the scheme of things and probably slants to the right. A friend witnessed a woman trying to get rented by 3 guys and he started chewing her out for being a ho. The cops came and arrested the guy for making a fuss about her being a ho. There are certain people that are targeted but when I go to a concert and smell all the weed, I know that the cops know it's there. What should I deduce?