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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: sharx35@hotmail.com   
      
   "Dänk 666"  wrote in message   
   news:2e7abe03-cd63-4a0b-95ac-85ca297500ca@k39g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Jun 23, 7:06 am, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the   
   > Movement of Tantra-Hammock"  wrote:   
   >> It seems the Christian thing to do is to fight marijuana (or at least   
   >> be complacent with the War on Drugs) while the Atheist/Freethinker   
   >> usually defends the right to use weed.   
   >   
   > This is not true at all.  The "Temperance" movement that led to   
   > Prohibition was an unlikely alliance of atheist socialists and do-good   
   > busybody church ladies, who had only one thing in common, the desire   
   > to tell other people how to live their lives.   
   >   
   > The Democraps have always had excellent marketing, and have been able   
   > to convince every conceivable special interest group that they support   
   > their respective causes, including stoners.  Of course, Democraps do   
   > not actually support marijuana legalization, but this doesn't matter,   
   > because stoners beLIEve they do, and vote accordingly.   
   >   
   > There is a very slight difference between Republitards and Democraps   
   > regarding marijuana use.  Republitards want to criminalize drug use   
   > and punish the drug user with imprisonment.  Democraps view drug use   
   > (besides their own) as a "sickness" and want to "treat" the drug user   
   > by involuntarily committing him to a mental hospital.  Calling a cage   
   > by a different name makes it more "progressive."   
      
   Yours is a cogent, cohesive analysis.  Fascism is obviously alive at both   
   ends of the political spectrum. Presently, the DEMONrat variety is in power.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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