[Steel Wolf]

Is it just me, or does that question always seem to bring the conversation to a halt? How long before I get accused of being a drug addict for asking? Anyone?

[Blue Collar Christian]

Malcom beat me to removing the halt, but in answer to the efforts to criminalize and not decriminalize marijuana and not other immoral products; the effort to criminalize booze failed, the effort to criminalize pot succeeded, efforts to criminalize porn, for example, have had marginal success and so forth. It is a constant struggle to erode our rights in the name of public safety. Another "moral" issue is the citizen's right to bear arms. If'n I had my druthers, I could pull my pistol and blast the drunk that runs a kid over in a crosswalk, especially if it was my kid. Our system is not the greatest, but if people who really care about what they believe in give it their all toward how this country is run, the collective voices of concern are what is heard. BTW, this is threatened by the latest campaign finance reform laws, but the NRA was waiting at the courthouse door to appeal.