Thank you for proving my point: If he is convicted, and the penalty under the law is that he be shot at the courthouse, how is that the act of a lynch mob? Pound for Pound, you've lost.
LOL! Ah yes, how else are moderators like yourself supposed to find out if someone is flaming, seeing how you're so busy and all and can't be looking at all the posts on Chit Chat.... Unless, of course, you coincidentally happen to innocently come by a post you disagree with: Very choosy in what you decide to delete, aren't you Res? Since you've happened by this thread, why haven't you deleted Pound's post which started the flaming?
No disrespect for you or your family, but any talk about tough measures towards <b>all</b> criminals is <b>very premature</b> at this point. The U.S. currently holds 400,000 political prisoners who are not criminals at all, but only prohibition violators. In 2004, there were more marijuana possession arrests than violent crime arrests. http://www.drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm End prohibition, release all the political prisoners, and only then will it be appropriate to discuss harsher measures against the (real) criminals.
rearden, fwiw i am vehemently against the criminalization of mj, and i think many aspects of the drug war are very bad policy. however... with that in mind, the VAST majority of those in jail/prison for drug offenses do not get there for simple possession of marijuana (unless it's a metric a**load of marijuana) that is a total NORML'esque exaggeration generally speaking, those that go to prison/jail for marijuana possession offenses have (at least one) of the following 1) already on parole for something else 2) dealing large quantities 3) lengthy criminal record, etc i don't think ANYBODY should go to jail for possession of mj, but the facts is the facts. somebody has to really WORK at going to jail (beyond the overnight type stay) for possession of mj,
What a pathetic creature. To be at its age, bereft of female or familial companionship, lonely to the point where all it can do for social "interaction" is to frequent an internet chat board and make ad hominem attacks for hours on end. It is almost enough for a trollologist to feel sorry for it. Perhaps it should find other lonely trolls, and have a get-together, a Troll Convention as it were, to soothe their grim circumstances...
We're not really on the same page here, and this goes far beyond pot. I'm not in the mood to rehash my personal story once again, but if you read this single most important essay I've ever written, you'll get a better idea of where I'm coming from. This thread contains many of my arguments against <b>any</b> form of drug prohibition.