I'm sorry, but I really get sick and tired of listening to all of this, "legalize weed because it's less dangerous than booze", crap. Can anyone show me how giving people more intoxicants is going to improve society?
Probably the same way ending Prohibition improved society. Yes, alcohol was legalized. Yes, people drink, and do so irresponsibly. But the majority of people keep it under control, and the Feds no longer spend money and resources on futile efforts to stop it,
and it took away a huge source of income for organized crime.
We have elected a Presidential Administration twice that is comprised of a bunch of idiots, because we wanted to prove to ourselves how we're not "racist". So we turned the Presidency into a Affirmative Action position as a result, by putting the biggest idiot in charge.
I'm not a fan of Obama or his administration myself, but I still find it amusing that I can rely on a select group of AZGO members to steadfastly blame all of our nation's problems on one of 44 presidents in our history, and one of thousands of currently active politicians in the U.S.
. . . Now you want to add to all of that legal pot?
You
do realize legalizing weed doesn't mean the Feds are going to come around kicking doors down and shoving pot brownies down everyone's throats, right? Again, this is like suggesting that ending Prohibition immediately resulted in all of society collapsing because everyone
had no choice but to get drunk off their asses. It's simply not the case. Just because it will be legalized, doesn't mean everyone will suddenly be doing it, and certainly not in excess.
Society will always have stupid people, and lazy people, and people who truthfully don't deserve to breathe (or drive a car... or vote... or have kids... etc.) - if you think that legalizing weed (or not) is going to change any of that, you really need to brush up on your history. You should also do some research on other countries that have legalized weed, and surprisingly, haven't erupted into total chaos and anarchy - probably because not only have they legalized it, but they've also learned as much as they could about it, and
removed unreasonably negative connotations associated with it and those who use it.
Show me just what the hell that's going to improve?
You're making arguments that have already been addressed in this thread.
Yes, it'd be great if we could remove every single drug in our society - and people's needs/desires to use them. But that's not going to happen. So instead, we need to regulate, or at least legalize them to stem illegal transactions, which fund organized crime.
Yes, it'd be great if we could remove alcohol from our society - and people's desires to use them. But that's not going to happen. So instead, we need to regulate, or at least legalize it to stem illegal transactions, which fund organized crime.
Yes, it'd be great if we could remove every single weapon from society - and people's needs/desires to use them. But that's not going to happen. So instead, we need to regulate, or at least legalize them to stem illegal transactions, which fund organized crime.
Do you see a trend, here?
This is all an "improvement" how? And please spare me the whole "liberty" speech. That makes about as much sense as hitting yourself on the head with a hammer because it feels good when you stop.
I approach this attempt at logic as I do any other topic, including weed. If someone wants to hit themselves on the head with a hammer, that's perfectly fine with me. As long as they keep it to themselves and aren't bothering others, why the hell should
I care? If they want to voluntarily remove themselves from the gene pool... GREAT! That's one less sponge to soak up my taxes. One less person to compete with for an education, for mating, and for an income. One less idiot to cast an uneducated, ill-informed vote that will affect other people far more than it will themselves.
Sorry, I know that's "the whole 'liberty' speech" you didn't want to hear. But if "just because" is not enough of a reason for you to want to protect your rights and the rights of others, or if you'd rather the government decide what is and isn't good for an individual's morals and well-being, I hear China and North Korea are great this time of year. And they're not bogged down by the pesky "freedom" philosophy, either.
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