09-02-2016, 06:39 AM
cory Wrote:Brother I'm sorry for your loss, but the last part would be a big mistake. Some of us would respond accordingly.And rightly so. His attitude is irrational and emotional.
Quote:If we as a Nation were to fully commit to ridding this country of drugs* then I'd support it because maybe we could win the war on drugs. As it sits we will not win the war, we are only making it worse. By making these things illegal and not committing to this we are creating a space where a black market and crime can and will thrive...Commitment is irrelevant. Making something illegal is what causes a black market to be created. It's the law of supply and demand.
Prohibiting drugs -- like making booze illegal in the 1920s -- does not eliminate the demand, and the criminal element always steps in to provide the supply of the banned substance.
The "commitment" that would be required to completely eliminate sale and use of drugs could only be had with a ruthless, totalitarian government which would make Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union look like the Girl Scouts in comparison.
Quote:Exercising my Liberty, on my own personal property, harming absolutely no one, what grounds does the government have to deny me that right???It's called, "Might makes right." Government has the power to do it. Grounds are irrelevant.