Hyroglyphx writes:So you have one side who callously views drug addicts as "criminals" and the other side who enables them by viewing them as "victims."
Are coal mine operators "enablers" for black lung disease?
Doesn't this all come down to insane puritanicalism?
In this society, it is perfectly alright, and often admired, to make money in a way that is likely to result in death (as with coal mine operation). But it isn't alright to make money in a way that people get some enjoyment (as in selling pot). We even look down on amusement park operators, in comparison to mine operators.
Personally, I have never used pot, and I think it a bad idea. But I don't see any value in our current laws against it. We have the political right complaining about the "nanny state", but the drug laws that they insist on are nanny state laws.
Hyroglyphx writes:Both have lost perspective on the matter.
What would you consider a good perspective?
Much as King Canute was unable to hold back the tide, our legislation won't prevent what is driven by human psychology.
Jesus was a liberal hippie
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