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Since Three Seven has posed such interesting questions that have provoked thought, debate, and group hugs, I now feel the need to ask one.
How do you feel about drug usage and drug laws? Should drugs be legal? What do you think?
My true feelings on the subject may surprise you. Yes, I am a proud gun owner and pro death penalty, but I think the "war on drugs" is a dangerous thing to all of us.
Why? Well, if you read my signature quote things, you can probably guess that I am anti-government intrusion. (not anti-government) Our founders here in the United States felt that our rights were "inalienable". They came from our Creator. So what does that mean? Our rights do not belong to the government. THey did not give them to us, and they cannot take them away.
So what does this have to do with drugs? The Warren Court in the 1960s issued some very important civil rights rulings. However, once the "war on drugs" was declared, we have seen a steady erosion of our most basic rights. Courts now (including our Supreme Court) take the view that the end justifies the means. In other words, it doesnt matter how you found dope on the person as long as you find it. That flies in the face of 250 some odd years of Constitutional Tradition in this country.
So I am not in favor of legalizing drugs because I think that they are not harmful, etc. Not at all. I am in favor of legalizing them so that we can take our rights back from the government. They belong to all of us and no one else. All power in this country is inherent and derived from the People, not from Congress or the Supreme Court. The war on drugs has been used as the reasoning for stripping away the very foundations of our country. End that war, and we can start to recover the rights that have been stolen from us by these buffoons in robes.
I'd be interested to hear what others think. This is an issue that I struggle a lot with since, obviously, I come into contact with drug use quite a bit. It is one of those things that pulls me two different ways. I think my statement above is an artful dodge of the real issue. Should I be a politician?
Brady H.
How do you feel about drug usage and drug laws? Should drugs be legal? What do you think?
My true feelings on the subject may surprise you. Yes, I am a proud gun owner and pro death penalty, but I think the "war on drugs" is a dangerous thing to all of us.
Why? Well, if you read my signature quote things, you can probably guess that I am anti-government intrusion. (not anti-government) Our founders here in the United States felt that our rights were "inalienable". They came from our Creator. So what does that mean? Our rights do not belong to the government. THey did not give them to us, and they cannot take them away.
So what does this have to do with drugs? The Warren Court in the 1960s issued some very important civil rights rulings. However, once the "war on drugs" was declared, we have seen a steady erosion of our most basic rights. Courts now (including our Supreme Court) take the view that the end justifies the means. In other words, it doesnt matter how you found dope on the person as long as you find it. That flies in the face of 250 some odd years of Constitutional Tradition in this country.
So I am not in favor of legalizing drugs because I think that they are not harmful, etc. Not at all. I am in favor of legalizing them so that we can take our rights back from the government. They belong to all of us and no one else. All power in this country is inherent and derived from the People, not from Congress or the Supreme Court. The war on drugs has been used as the reasoning for stripping away the very foundations of our country. End that war, and we can start to recover the rights that have been stolen from us by these buffoons in robes.
I'd be interested to hear what others think. This is an issue that I struggle a lot with since, obviously, I come into contact with drug use quite a bit. It is one of those things that pulls me two different ways. I think my statement above is an artful dodge of the real issue. Should I be a politician?
Brady H.