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<p>It's certainly more harmful than some black guy dealing pot on the sidewalk.</p>
<p>Some might be, some might not. It depends on who is harmed and to what degree. If someone buys pot on the street corner who knows where that money goes and what occurs. For all you know someone was killed over that shipment of pot. Who can say. I know a guy who embezzled money from a church. He went to jail, repaid the money. His family was in dire straits for some time but eventually all was taken care of. That may have had less impact than a pusher on the street corner.</p>
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For all you know someone was killed over that shipment of pot.
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<p>LOL, "shipment" of pot? You do realize that pot is just grown in some guy's basement, or "shipped" from that dangerous and exotic country, Canada?</p>
<p>Besides, even if someone was killed over a "shipment" of pot, whose fault is it for criminalizing marijuana, making it a profitable commodity for gangs? I realize that there's accountability needed even in gangsters, but if we're comparing the "should've known better" factor between an impoverished and uneducated hoodlum and an Ivy League-educated policy maker, I'm going to expect a lot more from the latter. </p>
<p>I can't believe that the American government didn't learn its lesson from Prohibition. That is, of course, assuming that the enacters of the War of Drugs are actually trying to curb and eradicate drug use, as opposed to, say, creating a black criminal class to scare up votes.</p>
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...whose fault is it for criminalizing marijuana... That is, of course, assuming that the enacters of the War of Drugs are actually trying to curb and eradicate drug use, as opposed to, say, creating a black criminal class to scare up votes.
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<p><bang> The sound of your credibility being shot to hell. </bang></p>
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"shipment" of pot? You do realize that pot is just grown in some guy's basement, or "shipped" from that dangerous and exotic country, Canada?
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<p>Actually I'm pretty sure there have been large marijuana busts. More than someone could grow in their basement.</p>
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comparing the "should've known better" factor between an impoverished and uneducated hoodlum and an Ivy League-educated policy maker, I'm going to expect a lot more from the latter.
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<p>I never excused either. I make no excuses for what they do. My only hope is they are all punished accordingly. My acquaintence spent his time in prison. It doesn't mean what he did wasn't wrong...just means he did his time and moved on. If he does something stupid like that again lock him up and toss the key for all I care.</p>
<p>lololololol</p>
<p>If it were up to me all Drugs would be completely legal. As long as you don't directly effect another person. </p>
<p>*I believe in giving every human only the fullest and brightest opportunity to destroy their lives. *</p>
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<bang> The sound of your credibility being shot to hell.
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<p>A man of your seasons shouldn't be so naive as to believe that the government criminalizes drug use because they want to protect children and make everybody happy. There are numerous profitable industries that depend on the ever-expanding guestbooks of American prisons. I'm sure politicians pay no heed to that fact. Oh, and Oswald was a commie lone gunman, racism ended with MLK's "I have a dream speech", and Reagan single-handedly powerbombed the Soviet Union (the empire that was doing so well until he came along) into bankruptcy.</p>
<p>Lol @ the OP's ulterior motives for making this thread. I'm not surprised he hasn't added any valid input in the ongoing debate.</p>
<p>I guess we really didn't land on the moon. You win. I'm convinced.</p>