Posted on 07/16/2014 5:46:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Politicians here have not even figured out how yet to implement their new law requiring us to pay for everybody else’s health care, and already people are clamoring to legalize drugs that are, at the very least, hazardous to their health.
The good people of Colorado and Washington state can now buy and smoke pot without violating state laws. The movement to do so is spreading among other states like a hot tropical virus through a detention facility on the Mexican border.
I, for one, have never really cared one way or the other if people choose to smoke pot. My experience is that it appears to make most people dumber and slower. But it also seems to make some people happy and fall asleep, which I view as a real positive. Especially the part about putting them to sleep.
But I certainly don’t think that my long-developed and strongly held views against using drugs should be inflicted upon other people to whom I have no responsibility. Nor do I believe that someone else’s devotion to a weed pipe in any way impinges upon some high morals or precious views that I might hold.
I don’t like cats. But I don’t want to outlaw cats...
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But I certainly don’t think that my long-developed and strongly held views against using drugs should be inflicted upon other people to whom I have no responsibility. Nor do I believe that someone else’s devotion to a weed pipe in any way impinges upon some high morals or precious views that I might hold.
Yeah? I wonder if this moron would mind it if the doper worked on his car brakes or on the jet engines of the airline he would book a flight for.
This guy's libertarian attitude is what allows the American civilization to degrade. If there are no standards, there is no strength and no quality. Americans may as well give themselves over to the gangs south of the border. Why enforce anything if it doesn't affect one personally?
****I, for one, have never really cared one way or the other if people choose to smoke pot***
I figure that the Politicians will move to legalize pot everywhere after they see the tax revenue from the sales, just like they have legalized gambling, lottery tickets and other things which produce HUGE tax revenue.
They can legalize pot for all I care, it would cut off the money from the narco thugs in the south.
This guy is exactly right. The war in drugs is a miserable failure. Unless of course you want to get rid of that pesky Constitution thingy. In that case it been a howl on success.
It is only fair considering we pay for cigarette smokers, drinkers, and fat bodies. Go ahead and single out cannabis users if that helps your shrinking self righteousness.
Before we legalize marijuana, we need to abolish the welfare state. We also need to forbid liberals and the mentally ill from purchasing pot. Only after all of those factors are met would it be potentially acceptable, and even then I have my doubts.
But you don’t mind drinkers working on critical engineering or infrastructure. Let me guess, you are unable to distinguish between a recreational user and an addict but those who consume alcohol, why they would never do so on the job now would they Lou?
Your hypocrisy and ignorance is showing. Nixon would be proud and Anslinger would likely give you a medal. Be honest, are you afraid your daughters are going to smoke pot and bang black jazz musicians? Are you terrorized by visions of dope fiends with teashade eyes?
“We also need to forbid liberals and the mentally ill from purchasing pot.”
Ha!
Only liberals and mentally I’ll use it.
“Your hypocrisy and ignorance is showing. Nixon would be proud and Anslinger would likely give you a medal. Be honest, are you afraid your daughters are going to smoke pot and bang black jazz musicians? Are you terrorized by visions of dope fiends with teashade eyes?”
Amazing.
It’s like a time warp.
A sixties hippie somehow posting on an Internet forum in the 21st century.
Bingo!
Step 1, Step 2.
The order matters a great deal, and allowing people to put absolutely anything they want into their bodies might be a fine idea -- but first they need to abolish my responsibility to pay for their little adventures.
Waiting for those ads by the American Lung Assn., American Heart Assn., etc. decrying smoking cigarettes, e-cigarettes and cigars but hedging on pot with “toking ain’t really smoking”.
Good riddance to stoners, I say! (I think libertarians classify as mentally ill, since they want to live in a society without police, the military, or Christianity.)
the first ad hominem loses!
your scrutation isn’t even good, let alone objective
How about Step 0: care about the Lord again
Well, that’s always a good idea.
Let’s say it is essential by the very definition of essence.
Really, every other thing diminishes to near nothingness in importance.
The objective scrutation was in comment 8, which is really all the debate that’s necessary on this issue for now. If you disagree with my comment on libertarians, then go speak to some Objectivists, anarcho-capitalists, or the Reddit libertarians. Go say that you believe illegals should not have a path to citizenship on those forums, and listen to the responses. (Paleolibertarians are the only reasonable libertarians. They are actually extremely reasonable, but hated by other libertarians.)
I do agree with you that bringing the fear of God back into man should be our first priority in this nation, but the liberals and the libertarians who control most of our political process wouldn’t agree.
Attempting to humanly fascize the “fear of God” won’t work. It never did; Israel is sui generis and even it went down the tubes.
Accepting that God offers love is the only real remedy. Fear is a pretty sad comment upon the mindset of those who can think of nothing else. God will live with the resulting opprobrium rather than lose someone to hell. However there are no two ways about it — it is still bad publicity for Him.
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