Hmmm... ok, so I support the states keeping marijuana illegal except for medicinal purposes. I'm really for local government over federal government. I didn't get into this argument on a constitutional basis. I thought it was strictly about whether or not MJ should be legal, and why.
Matthew Small Web Developer American City Business Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:20 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Medical Marijuana Poll > brian wrote: > Either "keeping the family intact" will lead to subjugating women and > allowing gay marriage will lead to guys marrying wolverines.....or it won't. > Which is it? > Touche, Sir G! Your foil is always sharp. I would say that there's a difference here: In both cases you're talking about the federal gov't legislating morality and controlling freedom rather than allowing the states to do it. In both cases that's wrong. Further, personal freedoms only "slip" when they deprive another of his or her personal freedoms. I guess we can extend this to wolverines on the premise that they aren't capable of making adult, sound mind judgements. Put another way, the slippery slope argument is historical fact where applied to ever more powerful centralized authorities. When applied to personal freedoms the line is clear: where your pursuit of happiness inhibits another's is where your freedoms end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159924 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
