So what is pornography? Is it all obscenity? When does it start? Can it ever be considered political speech? What other speech would you like to limit?
It turns people into leftists.
That is interesting considering the number of people who I know who smoke/did smoke weed who are conservative. And really, is "turning people into leftists" the best you can come up with?
What do we not regulate? We regulate water, food, driving, walking, working conditions are they all dangerous? To differing degrees, but for the most part it is good that the regulation of these things happens. Just because we should regulate it doesn't mean it is some great evil. I believe firmly that whatever danger is posed by marijuana it is far less than alcohol. When I say we regulate it I am just guessing that we will do it in a manner similar to tobacco and alcohol the two legal products it is most similar to. Do you advocate making those substances illegal? Do you object to the way they are regulated? I'm guessing the reasons we regulate their use and try to prevent youths from using them are equally valid for marijuana. It isn't about morality, but about health and development and being aware of the risks. At some point we have to let everyone decide for themselves what risks they want to take with their own body. Legal adulthood seems as good a marker as any.
Are people imagining that marijuana helps them with their pain? Or are they all plants of the "leftists"?
So what is pornography? Is it all obscenity? When does it start? Can it ever be considered political speech? What other speech would you like to limit? How about anything that comes out of the mouths of Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi and any other leftist for starters? As far as what constitutes pornography for much of the history of our country people didn't have a problem with knowing it when they saw it. But when religion and morality were removed from the equation enough morally relativistic people infiltrated our legal system and began asking the same questions. When morality is taken out of the picture then there's no such thing as pornography. Anything goes. That's why we have people seriously fighting the constitutionally of not being able to show kiddie porn today. That's why we have NAMBLA.
That is interesting considering the number of people who I know who smoke/did smoke weed who are conservative. And really, is "turning people into leftists" the best you can come up with?
If you know a lot of people that smoke dope then you're not hanging out with conservatives. We used to call those kinds of people "hippies". Or liberals. Take your pick. And that's not the best I can come up with, but it's the most accurate.
As far as debating "medical" marijuana there are three classes of those who believe in medical marijuana:
1. Leftists who want to push marijuana legalization to destroy the moral fabric of our country.
2. Stoners who want to smoke pot without having to worry about the legal consequences and who want to be absolved of any kind of moral condemnation.
3. Conservatives who have been duped by the first two groups.