All this talk about legalization leads to marijuana legalization. I don't have such strong views but one observation to make here.
It's one of the oddities of the legalization arguments that they are never about what the people pushing them really want.* In arguments for the legalization of marijuana we hear all sorts of arguments about the needs of cancer patients, about the great products that can be made from hemp. about the cost of law enforcement and about how alcohol is supposedly worse. What you never hear people say is, "I want this stuff legalized so I can sit around and get blasted". And that is odd because that is why they actually want it legalized.
And anytime you see an activity where people feel the need to lie to themselves and others about what they are really doing that means there is something wrong about it. What exactly is something we can debate but if we're going to be honest about this we need to discuss it more honestly than is currently being done.
* People who want to legalize prostitution never admit that what they really want is the ability to pick a woman, and pay money so that she will have sex with them without ever having to consider her as an independent human being with needs and interests. "I'd like a bag of chips, two cokes and the sullen little brunette with the hollow look in her eyes please?"
It's one of the oddities of the legalization arguments that they are never about what the people pushing them really want.* In arguments for the legalization of marijuana we hear all sorts of arguments about the needs of cancer patients, about the great products that can be made from hemp. about the cost of law enforcement and about how alcohol is supposedly worse. What you never hear people say is, "I want this stuff legalized so I can sit around and get blasted". And that is odd because that is why they actually want it legalized.
And anytime you see an activity where people feel the need to lie to themselves and others about what they are really doing that means there is something wrong about it. What exactly is something we can debate but if we're going to be honest about this we need to discuss it more honestly than is currently being done.
* People who want to legalize prostitution never admit that what they really want is the ability to pick a woman, and pay money so that she will have sex with them without ever having to consider her as an independent human being with needs and interests. "I'd like a bag of chips, two cokes and the sullen little brunette with the hollow look in her eyes please?"
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