Seat belts are a god idea, but I think that legislating their use is insane. Drug laws are ridiculous. They are a throw back to the teetotalers of the prohibition period.
You say lets look at the cost to society as a whole. Ok lets look at the billions of dollars a year that are spent "combating" drugs in the US. for nothing. They are still used every day. You want to be able to give a big huge tax cut to the people of the US? Do away with most drug laws. Come out with laws closer to alcohol, can't drive on it, can't be acting the fool in public. Impose huge tariffs on it like cigarettes. Disband the DEA. Wow, imagine what that would do to the economy? Suddenly you have this whole underground section of the economy operating above ground, being taxed, creating jobs, the whole nine yards. Tim -----Original Message----- From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:41 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Constitution, we don't need no stinking Constitution >>That goes along with my personal philosophy about laws - as long as it >>doesn't affect or hurt anybody else, then whatever you want to do should >>be ok. I've noticed that most of the controversial laws these days are >>aimed at "protecting you from yourself" as in drug laws, seat belts, and >>other privacy issues. Within reason. I think seatbelt laws are a good example for us to follow. As for privacy issues such as the right for a person to end their own life because of a terrible disease, I dont think there should be any legislation against it. If I have terminal cancer, and I wanna stop the pain. Some ass clown in Lansing or Washington shouldn't be able to stop me because they dont think "it's the right thing to do" or it's not "morally justified". As for drugs, jeez I have no clue. I mean if people wanna string themselves out on Heroin, crack, coke, speed, meth, ice, pot, paint fumes that's fine with me. But then you have to look at the costs to the society as a whole because these dorks are then running around selling their asses or stealing stuff, then it affects us all. So I have no clue what the right answer is, maybe there isn't one. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:31 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Constitution, we don't need no stinking Constitution So you're basically saying that as long as the lie doesn't affect anybody else, then it should be ok to do it? That makes sense to me. That goes along with my personal philosophy about laws - as long as it doesn't affect or hurt anybody else, then whatever you want to do should be ok. I've noticed that most of the controversial laws these days are aimed at "protecting you from yourself" as in drug laws, seat belts, and other privacy issues. Matthew Small IT Supervisor Showstopper National Dance Competitions 3660 Old Kings Hwy Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 843-357-1847 http://www.showstopperonline.com -----Original Message----- From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:23 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Constitution, we don't need no stinking Constitution I think the only lying which should be a crime is the lying under oath, or perjury. Other than that, if you can make a libel case stick than I say go for it, otherwise if I wanna walk around saying I caught a 45 pound steelhead using nothing but a tootsie roll and my incredible charm, then I should be able to. Do you agree? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:15 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Constitution, we don't need no stinking Constitution Well the fire issue is more related to the fear and chaos that such a pronouncement could cause. I mean If I say the sky is green and it's really blue should I be arrested? No, but lying about things is already against the law in some ways. Ummmm false crime reporting, libel, there are some things. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:01 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Constitution, we don't need no stinking Constitution Is lying protected by the Constitution? Of course, you have the right to express your opinion, but you can't yell "Fire" in a crowded theater, which of course would be lying. I'm not saying I support this ordance, just wondering about the actual legal ramifications. Matthew Small IT Supervisor Showstopper National Dance Competitions 3660 Old Kings Hwy Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 843-357-1847 http://www.showstopperonline.com -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:55 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Constitution, we don't need no stinking Constitution http://www.startribune.com/stories/1451/3788172.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
