Man, buzz kill... warning, really sad story!
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SL: Sorry, I know I was being kinda rude. I will point out that I was 100% correct, though. (Your profile says you live in AZ.) Cheers 
ccasion14:
Klanch, obviously you are right. Heroin, crack, and meth are a different animal and there are pros and cons to legalizing those. But there is simply no good reason to keep marijuana illegal.
At the risk of hijacking this thread further, Obama's site has this excellent question on it:
And this incredibly unsatisfying answer:
Sigh. I assume Obama knows that marijuana laws are stupid. After all, he's admitted he smoked in the past... does he think he deserved to go to jail for that? Just imagine if he'd been busted with a gram back in the 80s... he sure as hell wouldn't be planning his inauguration in 6 days. Obama doesn't take a stand when he knows his position is politically unpopular. Maybe that'll change once he's been in office a year or two. On the other hand maybe he actually believes weed is evil.
But I digress.
ccasion14:Klanch, obviously you are right. Heroin, crack, and meth are a different animal and there are pros and cons to legalizing those. But there is simply no good reason to keep marijuana illegal.
At the risk of hijacking this thread further, Obama's site has this excellent question on it:
And this incredibly unsatisfying answer:
Sigh. I assume Obama knows that marijuana laws are stupid. After all, he's admitted he smoked in the past... does he think he deserved to go to jail for that? Just imagine if he'd been busted with a gram back in the 80s... he sure as hell wouldn't be planning his inauguration in 6 days. Obama doesn't take a stand when he knows his position is politically unpopular. Maybe that'll change once he's been in office a year or two. On the other hand maybe he actually believes weed is evil.
But I digress.
guitlouie said:
A kid got shot once for flashing gang signs... only they weren't gang signs, he was deaf. So yeah, probably not a good idea to blow people away for that.
I honestly don't think we're ever totally going to iradicate gangs, even if we did go the Rambo route. There were gangs in ancient Rome (yes, there were gangs back when you could get crucified for killing an innocent person), there are gangs now. I just really wish there wasn't a huge part of pop culture that tries to make them seem super cool, like gangsta rap and Grand Theft Auto.
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I hope police find the guy and he gets raped over and over and over on prison...
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dbw said:SL: Sorry, I know I was being kinda rude. I will point out that I was 100% correct, though. (Your profile says you live in AZ.) Cheers
The only thing that really offends me is blatant ignorance. So no, no rudeness detected. However, you're still wrong (heheh):
Born in D.C. - lived in MN the majority of my life.
I've been living here for 10 years now... 2 main reasons why I moved are:
1) get away from all that crappy weather
2) get away from all that crappy ignorance
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dbw said:
Nah. Last I looked, they were voting in Al Franken.
Lack of sunshine has a tendency to cause people to think erratically...
OK dbw, so this isn't the old west, That's my point, that's where we need to go back to, as far as dragging me into a race thing forget about it, how dare you I guess its popular to bash alfang huh?
maybe you should go talk to those gangbangers shooting the 4 year old kid, i bet a couple of timeouts will do the trick
this world will do just fine without them, as far as blaming everything on drugs, go ahead, blame the drugs. But i know lots of people that don't use drugs, why? because I hang with law abidding people, Shoot the rest of em, or vote for legalizing drugs.
You have just created an excuse for some piece o crap to shoot kids, cuz you dont like the law. The law is the law, and last time i checked, it's illeagal to shoot minors, My point is this, I'd rather shoot you first for defending them, then shoot them.
The rules and punishment we have now evidently aren't working, so come up with a plan better than mine and i'll listen. Otherwise E-Mail me offline and we'll talk
maybe you should go talk to those gangbangers shooting the 4 year old kid, i bet a couple of timeouts will do the trick
this world will do just fine without them, as far as blaming everything on drugs, go ahead, blame the drugs. But i know lots of people that don't use drugs, why? because I hang with law abidding people, Shoot the rest of em, or vote for legalizing drugs.
You have just created an excuse for some piece o crap to shoot kids, cuz you dont like the law. The law is the law, and last time i checked, it's illeagal to shoot minors, My point is this, I'd rather shoot you first for defending them, then shoot them.
The rules and punishment we have now evidently aren't working, so come up with a plan better than mine and i'll listen. Otherwise E-Mail me offline and we'll talk
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The USA has the highest incarceration rate of ANY country in the world and yet there's still lots of crime - so that's not working... drugs are illegal and you can still get all the drugs you want and that black market gives gangs power and money.... so that's not working either. Yeah I've got it, let's just KILL everyone Alfang and SuperLizard think aren't worthy to live. Great idea! Let's not bother addressing the reasons why our society creates these kinds of situations, let's just kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out - YEE HAW!!! We've done it before and we can do it again! Sing it with me!
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GoDrex said:
Oddly enough, you yourself (yes, you) and many other American contributors to this board live in the same exact society as the murderous gangbangers and others of their ilk.
Yet I'm pretty sure you yourself (yes, you) and the other said Americans on this board have never shot and killed a 4 year old or murdered someone over drugs or what have you.
So, with that in mind, you simply cannot blame society for their crimes.
Instead, you should be blaming them for their own actions... which is what it really is.
Society didn't force the individual to shoot and kill the 4 year old; he/she did it out of their own will.
