09-06-2018, 02:38 PM
Punatic007 - Ironyak, are you rationalizing the illegal growing and sales of marijuana
Yes. Cultivation causes the same harm or benefit and has the same moral standing regardless of the legal status. Prohibition has imprisoned millions of non-violent offenders, at the cost of billions of tax payers dollars sent to enrich the private prison industry, and has never prevented access to illegal substances. From its racist origins against Mexican immigrants, to the government's flooding of poor black communities with crack, to the disproportionately heavy sentencing of minorities as compared to whites, the notion that the War on Drugs has been about upholding the law is laughable given its history.
As for Mexico, the cartels exist because of the illegality of drugs in the U.S., creating the black market economy. Many states have figured out that the open market works better and have chosen legalization. Once the illicit market is gone, the cartels will no longer have money to make in the U.S.
Like for many other social issues, it takes time for society to catch up with the free thinking rebels that forge their own paths. Unfortunately, Mike has been caught in the insanity of the state and federal governments being unable to reconcile their legal frameworks, much like Roger Christie, and might have to exercise some patience waiting for enough people to force this issue. To borrow from other civil liberty struggles - the arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.
Are you sure you live in lower Puna? I find it strange to be having this debate outside of a church social or a red state
Yes. Cultivation causes the same harm or benefit and has the same moral standing regardless of the legal status. Prohibition has imprisoned millions of non-violent offenders, at the cost of billions of tax payers dollars sent to enrich the private prison industry, and has never prevented access to illegal substances. From its racist origins against Mexican immigrants, to the government's flooding of poor black communities with crack, to the disproportionately heavy sentencing of minorities as compared to whites, the notion that the War on Drugs has been about upholding the law is laughable given its history.
As for Mexico, the cartels exist because of the illegality of drugs in the U.S., creating the black market economy. Many states have figured out that the open market works better and have chosen legalization. Once the illicit market is gone, the cartels will no longer have money to make in the U.S.
Like for many other social issues, it takes time for society to catch up with the free thinking rebels that forge their own paths. Unfortunately, Mike has been caught in the insanity of the state and federal governments being unable to reconcile their legal frameworks, much like Roger Christie, and might have to exercise some patience waiting for enough people to force this issue. To borrow from other civil liberty struggles - the arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.
Are you sure you live in lower Puna? I find it strange to be having this debate outside of a church social or a red state