The Do gooders in this country love wars.
War on Poverty
War on Drugs
War on Terrorism
Now the War on Guns
What could possibly go wrong?
Enough already!!!!
WAR ON DRUGS IS LOST – TIME TO SURRENDER
The Do gooders in this country love wars.
War on Poverty
War on Drugs
War on Terrorism
Now the War on Guns
What could possibly go wrong?
Enough already!!!!
“It sounds like my solution is perfect. Drugs are made legal and Obama is impeached. Who says I never have solutions?”
—-Admin
Perfect answer to end this thread.
When you enter my bogus beatdown in the TBP Hall of Shame, be sure to note that I got a perfect 10. That is, an all-time record 10 consecutive thumbs-down pink screens, to include the following:
1. Coming out of the starting blocks and hitting the thread with a hidden comment. Followed later by yet another hidden comment.
2. Accumulating, according to TBP’s official statistician Stucky, over 100 thumbs-down total and having the courage, or stupidity, depending on your point of view, to soldier on to the next pink screen comment.
3. Finally, trying to make light of the situation and getting the 10th and final pink screen at my obviously lame attempt to inject some humor into the discussion.
This is what’s known as hitting the TBP trifecta. The end.
I consider the war on drugs to be useful even if futile.
Consider that every person convicted of a drug felony is disenfranchised in many states. Tactically that is a great thing the Democrats are desperate to change because they KNOW the vast majority of dopers getting arrested are reliable Democrat voters if they can be registered and taken to the polls.
Drug laws also give police the opportunity to arrest known criminals and low lifes when no other charge is available. The marijuana seed on the floor of the car is as good for this purpose as a video of the same hoodlum stealing a six pack from a 7/11. The ‘odor’ of marijuana often leads to the discovery of the 9mm under the seat and the ex-con in the car can be sent back to prison before he can use it in another armed robbery.
So, while I can intellectually argue for the repeal of drug laws as being a waste of resources and unlikely to stop or even reduce drug use, these laws obtain other useful objectives that make them worthwhile.
SSS
You certainly had some pretty funny responses. No doubt about that!!
But … I couldn’t vote thumbs up on ANY posts in this thread. Once I got started, I just couldn’t stop. I even scrolled back just now to make absolutely sure I didn’t miss one. Also, I did it on mere principle. I can’t vote for a Freedom Hater even if there’s an occasional good comment.
“I can’t vote for a Freedom Hater even if there’s an occasional good comment.”
—-Stucky
I’m assuming the term “Freedon Hater” refers to me. Au contraire.
From the git-go, I have repeatedly supported decrimilization of drug possession for personal use on this site. To no avail. My detractors remain plentiful.
Few people are sent to jail for possessing minor, or “personal,” amounts of marijuana, for example. I strongly support state and federal laws which would send NO ONE to jail on a “personal possession, no one was harmed basis.” If that’s the case, fines are fine. Heh.
Yet dipshits like Steve Hogan compare me to Hitler and Stalin. I deeply resent that. No one, I repeat no one, on this site respects and defends your constitutional liberties more than I do. Smoke, inject, and inhale all you want. Your body, your consequences. I get it. And I agree with it 100%.
But the consequences don’t typically end there. Broken lives, families, and marriages, personal and property crimes, and on and on. And the pro-legalization crowd wants to add to this toxic cocktail. I choose to say no.
Freedom hater is a strong term to use on someone who does not want to live in society full of drug addicts. As SSS notes there is a helluva lot of collateral damage associated with drug abuse and it is really impossible to prevent. I lost a house and a job many years ago when I began using cocaine.
You know, when I first bought it, I didn’t even like it. I just got some because a lot of girls liked it and… well you get the idea. Soon though I acquired a taste for the stuff and it wasn’t long before I didn’t even want to share it with the girl who was with me. I’d rather stay up all night by myself snorting lines than have sex if it meant she was going to get half. Of course you can’t keep a job when you are up all night and still high the next morning and house payments become a real burden when you are spending half your paycheck on cocaine. I was lucky though. Getting fired meant I ran out of money before I could really become an addict and having bought a California house in the good times meant I had some equity to allow me to rebuild my life once it was sold.
I knew people who were not so fortunate. One friend inherited over a million 1980’s dollars and snorted his way through it. Another lost his wife, kids and business. One girl I knew got $200,000 per year in alimony from her porno film producer husband. He gave it to her in one check in February. By November she was broke. I told her to sell her cars ( she had a Corvette and a big SUV) she whined she couldn’t because she had leased them! I learned she had started working as a call girl to pay for her dope till she got the next installment.
Let’s get real here. If you legalize this stuff people are going to use it and when they use it they will ruin their lives. There are no benefits to drug addiction so we have to consider how much freedom can a society tolerate when that freedom includes self destruction.
“There is a helluva lot of collateral damage associated with drug abuse and it is really impossible to prevent. I lost a house and a job many years ago when I began using cocaine. ……..
There are no benefits to drug addiction so we have to consider how much freedom can a society tolerate when that freedom includes self destruction.”
—-sangell
+ 10. I need to get the fuck out of sangell’s way and let him take over the conversation. His comments are the best “Been there, done that” EVER posted on illegal drugs on TBP. Ever.
SSS
I would like to remind you that cocaine was illegal when Sangell lost his house and job.
Case closed.
One hundred million American adults cannot pass the simple reading tests given to twelve year old kids born in Utah. The state also has the lowest rate of opiate use in the nation which results in less brain damage and smarter children. The shocking amount of illiterates in America might be caused by the heavy use of opiates, instead of hiring expensive teachers, it would be cheaper and more effective to train opiate sniffing dogs that will labor 24/7 for a can of chow.