WHY LEGALIZE MARIJUANA?

Voy forum ^ | 2-19-2 | Marc-Boris St-Maurice

[Dakmar]

Excellent post, may God bless you. The only area I diverge from your opinion is on the JBT's. So many of them are just brainwashed dupes. I would imprison their leaders.

[A CA Guy]

Illegal drugs are criminal and intoxication can in many cases be illegal as well.

Sorry that went soaring above your head as it did. I try to write at a low comprehension level to help people like you understand better.

Sorry! Will be glad to write even lower for you as if to a 7 year old so you understand next time. It is my joy to help you when I can.

[Dakmar]

Because wanting to do things that rot your soul and causes grief to all around you is evil. Your amoral views blind you on this.

Does throwing an otherwise law-abiding, peaceful person in prison with violent criminals; seizing all of their belongings; and generally ruining their life for smoking a doob fall into that category?

[A CA Guy]

rom what I read, there was two choices, reinterpretation as needed for society as needed or to Amend the Constitution to where you'd have 2100 Amendments by now!

In order to be simple and to keep the spirit of the original document intact they went with re-interpretation!

Drug legalization IS a liberal's issue. Look on their site and it is a level 20 on a scale of up to 10!

[A CA Guy]

It is an evil deed. You don't have the option you wish. That would be illegal.

[jodorowsky]

"Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
* C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)

[A CA Guy]

Sounds like the prisoner relatives, friends or acquaintances you speak with do reflect well the Libertarian party. They are out there with the rest of that fringe movement.

[Dinsdale]

Re-interpretation has got us

The right to abortion.
Legal transfer payments.
The war on drugs.
No right to free association for buisness owners.
etc etc

What do these things have in common? They all increase the power of the state. I hope you like your allies in re-interpretation

[A CA Guy]

It is amazing to me that the liberal views of the drug addicted or their cheerleaders are allowed on a conservative website. The amoral illegal drug advocates here claim to be conservative and it could not be further from the truth. They are as radical as can be.

[A CA Guy]

I'm sure all computer using radical Libertarians, illegal drug users, crime lords and terrorists are being monitored by the FBI.

[AUgrad]

It is amazing to me that the liberal views of the drug addicted or their cheerleaders are allowed on a conservative website. The amoral illegal drug advocates here claim to be conservative and it could not be further from the truth.

It really isn't logical to be amazed. The very founder of this forum (the guy in which whose house we are guests) has stated on several occasions that he is in opposition to the WOD.

[Dinsdale]

FreeRepublics logo contains the phrase 'Defending the Constitution'.

Perhaps you are the one who should leave, you favor 're-interpretation'.

[A CA Guy]

"I am the Lord thy God.... Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

Many here worship humanism in there if it feel good do it mentality.

[A CA Guy]

"Where's Dave? Dave's not here!" by Cheech & Chong, your mentors.

[Dinsdale]

I'm sure all computer using radical Libertarians, illegal drug users, crime lords and terrorists are being monitored by the FBI.

You overestimate the FBI. They must set prioritys. Yesterday you seemed sane. What happened? Now you are calling for FR to censor views you disagree with.

[Virginia-American]

...It is amazing to me that the liberal views of the drug addicted ...

Could any of you actually produce some liberals who want to relegalize? All I've heard is Barney Frank (he doesn't want to relegalize) and Jocelyn Elders (an x42 cabinet member whom I haven't bothered checking out). Who are you thinking of? Hillary? The Hero of Chappaquidic? Wellstone? Who?

The GOP opposed the MJ tax act on Consistitutional grounds back when FDR and Anslinger were pushing it. Was the Republican Party liberal back then and became conservative later?

[MK]

It is amazing to me that the liberal views of the drug addicted or their cheerleaders are allowed on a conservative website.

Yeah, gotta smash that pesky First Amendment thingy, right? You're just another arrogant, immature, inexperienced self-absorbed punk from OC and, based on your poor grammar and syntax, sound more like a brain-dead recovery movement Nazi with a public school education who skateboarded too much without a helmet between classes and AA/NA meetings.

[A CA Guy]

The Constitution is defended as it is today as well as in it's historic Spirit. It has been changed by laws over time through interpetation to fit our society of the present day. Otherwise you'd have a gazillion Amendments.

Your saying you'd prefer the 2000+ amendments! Fine, just would get more confusing.

[Ken H]

I think what you are getting at is that we have become more of a democracy and less of a constitutional republic and that you are supportive of that.

Am I mistaking the jist of your post?

[Virginia-American]

Otherwise you'd have a gazillion Amendments

Or a helluva lot fewer federal laws. (which was the point, wasn't it?)

Your fellow Woddie, Ol' Sparky, said that James Madison was stupid for allowing states to have criminal laws, rather than providing for national uniformity.