From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [H] Gas prices
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:37:44 -0700
Do you want your taxes raised in order to pay for the repetitive
medical treatment of those who abuse themselves willfully? I don't.
I don't see any free alcohol abuse treatment centers either.
http://www.aa.org
Remember, those in jail for drug abuse are but the tip of the iceberg.
People need to take ownership of their own problems and
learn self control. Don't expect kid-glove treatment on my dime.
Gary VanderMolen
Reminder to all:
Arguing the illegality of marijuana while alcohol and tainted tobacco
products remain legal is fundamentally stupid.
Liberty comes with consequences. Drug use comes with consequences.
Legalizing a weed does not absolve you from punishment if you commit a
crime.
The US is perhaps the "freest" nation on earth with exception to its asinine
drug laws. Can you believe the audacity of other countries that claim they
are free yet they can imprison people for controversial speech? And I'm not
talking about yelling "fire" in a movie theater. The point being is that in
order for the US to truly be a champion of protecting fundamental human
liberties in wake of a tyrannical majority, drug laws need to be drastically
re-examined. For those who want to waste their life in drugs, I say let
them. Just like we allow people to become alcoholics, smokers, or gamblers.
And make it a double edged sword so that our taxes do not pay for the ills
that come with said vices.
