mikkel wrote:
jord wrote:
mikkel wrote:
Plenty of unoccupied overpasses for people who'd go down that path.
It's easy to say that, but some people are more susceptible to a downhill spiral than others. Especially if hit with something like losing your wife and kids, or house, or life savings.
Yeah, the thread just felt wrong without lowing's gospel.
It's sort of a double-edged sword. Sure, violent cartels make less money, and the state gets a bit of additional income, but it's paid for in more unproductive members of society committing the crimes necessary to fund their addiction. Benign herbs, sure, but the harder, addictive stuff is just not something that should be distributed freely.
You say this as if the only thing keeping people from hard core drugs is the fact that it is illegal. people are not chomping at the bit to do crystal meth and are just waiting for it to become legal. Everyone has already made their choices, the law is of little consequence to those decisions.
I do appreciate the homage though, my "gospel" of people being free to do what they want as long as it does not hurt anyone else, while I maintain the freedom to not give a fuck what you do to yourself certainly applies. If you want talk about a "double edged sword", that is what freedom is. You are free to sink or swim by your decisions as YOU see fit.
Last edited by lowing (2011-07-13 05:59:25)