Don't fool yourself by thinking that the unlimited freedom is the be-all-end-all of living. Laws that govern our nation are meant to protect us. Sometimes those laws interfere with personal liberties. It can't be all one way or the other, or you end up with either a dictatorship or an anarchy. In between is where I prefer to find myself.
Consistency is not a given in life. There are times I feel one way about an issue but completely different about a related issue. Ask yourself if this has ever happened to you. You are insinuating that I would prefer to remove your personal rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This is not true. I simply find that rules in life are necessary to happiness. You want to legalize marijuana - why not cocaine, heroin, and crack? All of these are the same issue that differ only by degree. But that's what life is about - realizing that there are many instances of issues that differ only by degree, but with significant repercussions should those degrees be ignored. As for me being so hardheaded as to be a waste of time to deal with... think about your own actions and see if you yourself are able to respect the opinions of others, as it is the an opinion is the most basic personal liberty. I certainly respect yours, and respectfully disagree with some of it and agree with it in others. Last thing - before you think that you have the whole "Star Wars" thing down to a science, remember that the Jedi were looking for the chosen one to "bring balance to the Force". Matthew Small Web Developer American City Business Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:16 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Medical Marijuana Poll Well said Gruss, well said. I tried to say this about 5 times, but couldn't make it sound the way I felt, so I abandoned the posts altogether. Thank you. Ray Gruss Gott wrote: >>Matthew wrote: >>But the fact that a government exists speaks volumes about the fact that >>people must have rules imposed on them in order to protect the greater good. >>That's why I care. >> > > > WHOA! You and I are on different sides of politics! The "rules", > IMO, only exist to protect our freedoms, not to regulate our behavior > to meet some arbitrary standard. > > The rules are to protect me from those that would take my liberty and > I'd say your post makes you definitely sound like someone I need to be > protected from. In fact your post reminds me the apt but cheesy lines > in Star Wars. > > In response to Siddius' proclamation that his new powers were to > protect the republic's security, Padme says, "so this is how liberty > dies; to thunderous applause." > > Cheesy, but true. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159866 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
