XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: ghekhuis@earthlink.net   
      
   On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:27:48 -0500, Mr.B1ack  wrote:   
      
   >Brother Nate  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Mr.B1ack wrote:   
   >>>    I'm afraid that legalization kinda has to be an   
   >>>    all or nothing thing. That means legal heroin   
   >>>    and oxycontin and crystal meth - and you've   
   >>>    gotta quit picking on the tobacco and liquor   
   >>>    folks too.   
   >>   
   >>Nonsense. The legal system came about as a series of   
   >>incremental stages in response to specific questions   
   >>about specific issues.  Reclassifying a single substance   
   >>is always going to be easier than overthrowing the entire   
   >>edifice of US drug laws.   
   >>   
   >>>    Why ? Because any excuse for persecuting one   
   >>>    product or class of users eventually becomes   
   >>>    and excuse for screwing another, and another.   
   >>>    "It's BAD for you" covers pretty much EVERYTHING   
   >>>    lawmakers WANT it to cover - be it crank or   
   >>>    a Hershey bar.   
   >>   
   >>I do understand why big-L Libertarians wouldn't want to   
   >>see the legal status of MJ changed independent of all the   
   >>other laws and regulations they want to see repealed,   
   >>but "slippery slope" arguments about it are no different   
   >>than any other sort of fear-mongering.   
   >   
   >   The 'drug war' has been nothing BUT one   
   >   'slippery slope' after another. Legal   
   >   slip-n-slides DO exist. 'Drug war'   
   >   reasoning is applied to more "bad for   
   >   you" things every year - and the impact   
   >   on civil liberties and constitutional   
   >   rights all in the name of 'winning   
   >   the war' grows and grows too.   
      
   Are you unaware that marijuana, unlike any of the other things you   
   mention, can be grown and smoked without any additional processing?   
   The only other thing that even comes close is opium, and that requires   
   more fuss than most are willing to undertake.   Your "slippery slope"   
   just isn't very slippery.   
      
   >   This is the slipperiest slope I've ever   
   >   seen ... excpt maybe for 'terrorism'. Oh,   
   >   and notice how they've been MERGING 'drugs'   
   >   and 'terrorism' lately hmmm ... ? That   
   >   means they can start using 'Patriot Act'   
   >   packages and powers against dopeheads   
   >   of any kind and number they FEEL like.   
   >   
   >   "Slippery slope" ? Hell, this is more of a   
   >   well-greased poop-chute ... and guess who's   
   >   on the receiving end of the relationship ?  :-)   
   >   
   >   Get the govt OUT of peoples heads. It'll be   
   >   far cheaper and easier to deal with any   
   >   issues caused by dopeheads in THAT sort   
   >   of environment.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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