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Re: Race for the presidency political discussion thread
PSST... Hey.
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I agree that John is a loser. So was the Bob of your story. Both are responsible for their actions. (I'm not familiar with Janie, but it sounds like she is responsible too. I'll leave her out of the discussion.) In each case they are both suffering the consequences of some stupid decisions. The only difference is that Bob made his decisions knowing that his actions were considered illegal. John was emboldened to make stupid decisions because his actions were suddenly acceptable by society. But yet, both are stupid and are responsible. There will always be someone ready to take advantage of stupid people and their addictions, be they loan sharks, the tobacco industry or Hasbro (ouch!). I just don't see drug dealers and loan sharks going anywhere simply because we legalize some drugs and make gambling legal. Personally, I'd love to see cigarettes be outlawed; I can't stand the smell of those things. But based on that logic they would also have to outlaw dumpsters outside of seafood restaurants. Saying good-by to Heroscape Get Real! http://www.reallifenow.org Check out some of my songs: www.myspace.com/rlccmusic |
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You know, reading over that post again, I kind of sounded like a jerk. I apologize. That was not my intent.
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totally just kidding. Saying good-by to Heroscape Get Real! http://www.reallifenow.org Check out some of my songs: www.myspace.com/rlccmusic |
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Thanks for keeping an awesome evolving discussion going guys. I love to see the back and forth here. Also, the drug discussion reminded me of a pretty cool flash app I found a while ago.
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/conte...ugs/mouse.html It's called mouse party, and it shows simplified representations of the effect of different recreational drugs on the reward pathways in your brain. Nifty for the neurologically curious... |
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An aside:
One of the influences in my own political thinking was a book I read about a decade ago called Ain't Nobody's Business if you Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society by Peter McWilliams. The book's title pretty much tells you what it is about, and the chapter set up was short, easy to read, and perfect for those "quiet reflection" times that we all have, especially after eating a bean burrito. Well, it just so happens that the full text of the book is available for free on his website, at this address: http://www.mcwilliams.com/books/books/aint/ and I highly recommend that anyone of any political stripe take a few minutes to click over there, read the overview, then pick a subject of interest and read that chapter too. Carry on. You are the brute squad! Quote:
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OK, in all seriousness, you're right - legalizing drugs would result in more drug use. Just like legalizing alcohol resulted in more drinking. But it would allow people the opportunity to make their own choice about what to do with their lives, rather than having Uncle Sam tell them they're not smart enough to make their own choices (and for the record, an awful lot of people are not smart enough, but they should still have the freedom to make that call for themselves). Prostitution... OK, I don't see a downside to legalized prostitution. Or gambling. It's so ludicrously easy to gamble already that I don't see why you don't just make it more convenient. You can go to off-track betting parlors in Indianapolis. You can go to Indian casinos in Oklahoma. You can take a gambling cruise. I could drive three hours and be in Shreveport, where there are lots of casinos. Why bother to make it illegal when you're allowing it all over the place? Quote:
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And if my smokes become illegal, or my Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout, I'll take up a life of crime to get them. Not because I'm addicted (though in the case of smoking, I totally am), but because I'll be so angry about having someone else tell me I can't smoke a cigar and drink a dark beer. http://drakesflames.blogspot.com Drake's Flames, my crassly opinionated game review site. Updates three times a week. |
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Um, I know quite a few 'stoners' and the majority of them are productive members of society. In fact, I used to be one, and I held a high level research and engineering job. In fact, the most brilliant engineer I've ever met, a giant among giants, was a hopeless dope fiend who used his kid's 'tinkle' to pass drug tests.
I think that probably 30% of the country smokes pot, and honestly I'd rather have a country of potheads that are chillin' and playing video games over a bunch of drunk assholes shooting at each other, beating up their kids/wife, and killing people with DUIs. I can tell you that I've beat more than a few people's asses because alcohol was involved (in fact, I've hit a guy in the face with a 1.75l of Smirnoff....alcohol was DIRECTLY involved there...) but I've NEVER, EVER gotten high and caused anyone, but the guy behind me on the highway who wanted to drive faster, any trouble. I was famous, once... http://www.heroscapers.com/community/blog.php?b=1715 Visit my site: http://www.superflycircus.com "I'm not cute...I'll mess you up!" ~Jake The Dog |
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Yeah, OK, I've known plenty of stoners, and some of them were able to smoke lots of weed and still be pretty useful. And none of them were violent. Drunks, on the other hand - man, have I seen some violent drunks.
That 'seen' might have been misspelled. It's possible the 's' should have been a 'b'. http://drakesflames.blogspot.com Drake's Flames, my crassly opinionated game review site. Updates three times a week. |
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It doesn't matter what the effects of said drug of choice are. What matters is that whatever somebody else does, as long as it creates no victims, is none of our business! I've met stone sober people who were violent ashholes, and it is not illegal to be an ashhole.
There was a study recently about cell phones and driving that showed that yacking on your freakin cell phone while driving gave you the driving ability of a severely impaired drunk driver. In other words, cell phones are just as dangerous as drinking and driving. Stairways in schools kill and injure more kids each year than guns in schools. We spend so much time, money, and attention on crap that really should have less attention. 30 billion dollars a year on consentual victimless crimes. We actually create criminals where we don't need them. We bust prostitutes left and right, but let people yack on their phones while driving. But who is more dangerous? Who is more likely to kill you and your family? It just doesn't add up. “Heroscapers is too old for that crap.” ~IamBatman "Hahahah! You losers! I told you so!!" ~Clancampbell |
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You're exactly right Grungebob, my man. I am SO SO proof that driving and cellphoning (or writing emails/texting) is SO bad. I almost clipped a median at 80 today because I was trying to type a response to a customer.
As for TALKING on the phone, I'm fine with that. It's the LOOKING at the phone I think gets people in trouble...I refuse to use one of those "I'm Far Less Important Than I Am Trying To Be" Bluetooths that the morons walk around town with these days. I have one, but it SUCKS, so I just yap with the thing on speakerphone. With a sales job, 90% of what I do is email and on the phone, so being able to do this really makes or breaks me. I think if you're observed TEXTING, TYPING, or otherwise you should be ticketed...er...I should be ticketed, but just talking is fine by me, even without a headset. I think it's like anything else, after a small breaking-in period people will just add talking and driving safely to their repertoire of skills like "Chew Gum And Walk" and "Rub Belly And Pat Head". Most people will be fine, but there's always that group that doesn't get it. Then again, those folks may be a hazard anyway! I was famous, once... http://www.heroscapers.com/community/blog.php?b=1715 Visit my site: http://www.superflycircus.com "I'm not cute...I'll mess you up!" ~Jake The Dog |
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