One does have to wonder: whose idea is it to lock up all of these non-violent drug users and why? One might have hoped we would have learned our lesson during prohibition. Whatever the reason(s), i would prefer not to have to pay the bills for this insane policy. . .
On the other hand, by having this (foolish) war, we are are now tops in locking up our own citizens, even beating out China in this nasty statistic.
Posted by wolf on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Here’s where an amnesty could do some real good
Posted by whattheheck on Jul 30, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Yup, a criminal waste of police time, taxpayers’ money, prison space (put the violent ones in, let the stoners out!). And it’s based on a foolish premise, that I have the right to command what shall go on within the privacy of your own skull.
Plus, it makes bad guys filthy stinkin’ rich, and more dangerous than they already are. Black market profits, the sky’s the limit. You know who doesn’t want decrim? The contraband cartels!
“Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), U.S. President.
Speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives
(and ya know, if some dumbass devotes his whole attention to grass, such that he loses his job and lives like a lowlife, he probably would have messed himself up on something else, even if he never got near the herb!)
Posted by Kuya on Aug 2, 2007 at 1:53 AM
Has the decriminalization movement made any headway in forty years? Sometimes I think that I would rather see the neo-fascists succeed in destroying this country because there is nothing worth preserving. The “me” generation is giving way to the “I” generation and all Americans care about is their own wants.
Crumbling infrastructure, insane criminal laws, regressive taxation, religious control of government, we might as well be a third world country.
Posted by wickeddog on Aug 7, 2007 at 3:54 PM
Nothing worth preserving? Man, you gotta get out more. This is arguably the greatest nation ever! But by composed of imperfect humans, it is of course flawed in many ways. . .
Just be glad you were born here. In most of the world attitudes like yours would make you end up dead. (Gotta love freedom of expression!)
Posted by wolf on Aug 9, 2007 at 7:06 AM
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One does have to wonder: whose idea is it to lock up all of these non-violent drug users and why? One might have hoped we would have learned our lesson during prohibition. Whatever the reason(s), i would prefer not to have to pay the bills for this insane policy. . .
On the other hand, by having this (foolish) war, we are are now tops in locking up our own citizens, even beating out China in this nasty statistic.
Posted by wolf on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Here’s where an amnesty could do some real good
Posted by whattheheck on Jul 30, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Yup, a criminal waste of police time, taxpayers’ money, prison space (put the violent ones in, let the stoners out!). And it’s based on a foolish premise, that I have the right to command what shall go on within the privacy of your own skull.
Plus, it makes bad guys filthy stinkin’ rich, and more dangerous than they already are. Black market profits, the sky’s the limit. You know who doesn’t want decrim? The contraband cartels!
“Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man’s appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809-65), U.S. President.
Speech, 18 Dec. 1840, to Illinois House of Representatives
(and ya know, if some dumbass devotes his whole attention to grass, such that he loses his job and lives like a lowlife, he probably would have messed himself up on something else, even if he never got near the herb!)
Posted by Kuya on Aug 2, 2007 at 1:53 AM
Has the decriminalization movement made any headway in forty years? Sometimes I think that I would rather see the neo-fascists succeed in destroying this country because there is nothing worth preserving. The “me” generation is giving way to the “I” generation and all Americans care about is their own wants.
Crumbling infrastructure, insane criminal laws, regressive taxation, religious control of government, we might as well be a third world country.
Posted by wickeddog on Aug 7, 2007 at 3:54 PM
Nothing worth preserving? Man, you gotta get out more. This is arguably the greatest nation ever! But by composed of imperfect humans, it is of course flawed in many ways. . .
Just be glad you were born here. In most of the world attitudes like yours would make you end up dead. (Gotta love freedom of expression!)
Posted by wolf on Aug 9, 2007 at 7:06 AM