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   Lobby Dosser to nimue   
   Re: "It's just pot.": Double Standard?   
   17 Jul 07 00:12:09   
   
   XPost: alt.education, alt.true-crime, pdx.general   
   XPost: or.politics   
   From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
      
   "nimue"  wrote:   
      
   > Lobby Dosser wrote:   
   >> "nimue"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Lobby Dosser wrote:   
   >>>> "nimue"  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> What kind of lifestyle do you think people who smoke pot live?   
   >>>>> They are just like anyone else, except they smoke pot.  This guy   
   >>>>> clearly paid his bills and did his job.  The only problem I have   
   >>>>> with him -- and it's a BIG one -- is his hypocrisy in supporting   
   >>>>> the random testing of students for drugs.  THAT is not good.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What if he drinks a beer now and then? That bother you?   
   >>>   
   >>> No.  Why would it?  I don't care if he smokes pot, so why would I   
   >>> care if he had a beer?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> But you think he's a hypocrite.   
   >   
   > I think it is hypocritical to force students to undergo drug testing   
   > when you yourself are doing drugs.  Don't you?  He is supporting and   
   > enforcing a policy that is meant to expose and punish students who are   
   > doing something he clearly thinks it is all right to do.  That's   
   > hypocritical.  Do you not agree?  And can you tell me how having a   
   > beer fits in there?   
   >   
      
   I expect that any student known to be drinking would be punished. What's   
   the difference?   
      
   What the Principal did is the equivalent of a speeding ticket.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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