A New Hard-Liner At The DEA

The Nation ^ | July 14, 2003 | Jason Vest

[xrp]

Thanks for posting that. #1 is pathetic...declaring childhood over because they can provide for themselves? This means Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen could have been adults at the age of 4 or 5...by hiring bodyguards, etc.

#2 I pretty much agree with...

#3 I do, up to the point of allowing minors to access drugs. Age 18. Plain and simple.

[xrp]

Any comments?

Yeah, I commented quite awhile ago. You must have skipped over it.

[cinFLA]

#2 I pretty much agree with...

This includes the ability of a son to declare adulthood and marry his father ....

[xrp]

NO government, FREE drugs, etc

Actually, that's less government and legalized drugs. But I am trying to debate an imbecile here...

[cinFLA]

You mean you would tolerate living in a socialist society?

[xrp]

Well, that's pretty sick, but whatever floats their boat. If they do this in the remote expanses of the plains of Wyoming, is it worth taxpayer money to go raid their homes?

[xrp]

I'd tolerate it about as much as I am right now (barely). Now...if we could just get Democrats and Republicans out of office and get conservatives elected, we'd be making progress.

[cinFLA]

#3 I do, up to the point of allowing minors to access drugs. Age 18. Plain and simple.

Why 18? Why punish a person just because he has not had his 18th birthday? Suppose two people are smoking pot, one 17 and 200 days old and the other 18 and 2 days old. Police check ID's and haul the younger one away. Makes no sense to me.

[xrp]

18 is legal adult age. In that situation, I'd release the 17 year old to the custody of his/her parents and charge the 18 year old with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

[cinFLA]

So the government shouldn't protect a 13 yo from a possible abusive situation but you think the government should prevent 17 yo's from smoking pot. hmmmm

[xrp]

You never presented a scenario mentioning a 13 year old...hmmmm

[cinFLA]

Why should the government be involved in 'family affairs'. Besides the 17 yo supplied the pot to the 18 yo.

[cinFLA]

You never presented a scenario mentioning a 13 year old...hmmmm

I said the son declared adulthood. This means he was a minor. 13 is within the subset of 'minors' even by your definition.

[xrp]

You never said the son was a minor. Thank you for the clarification. This definitely should be outlawed and the father and son both put to the guillotine.

[xrp]

Why should the government be involved in 'family affairs'So you are all for the providing of alcohol to minors!

[cinFLA]

You never said the son was a minor.

I would not make much sense for an adult to declare adulthood, would it? We had been discussing only minors in reference to declaring adulthood.

[xrp]

Maybe he was a late bloomer, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cinFLA]

You said the police should take the kid home to the parents. Thus the police are just meddling in family affairs and not enforcing the law. Which do you want.

[xrp]

How is returning a child to his/her parents meddling in family affairs?

[cinFLA]

#2 I pretty much agree with...

Given an adult daughter and her father. The LP party platform sactions the legality of their "sexual union". Comments?