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even as you posts reach spam-like proportions, you still manage to give me a laugh now and then. you're practically asking for this prohibition to endure for decades to come. if the choice really is between greed and weed, greed will win out every time. greed is universal. it is nothing more...

it's so nice to see that this thread has degenerated just as we all knew it would. with no real leg to stand on, the advocates for public sector unions swerve all over the map, avoiding any arguments of substance. they can't seem to decide whether to minimize the argument and concentrate only...

could it be that those oh so compassionate statists want government to do that job for them? just as they seem to feel it is government's duty to take care of the sheep from cradle to grave, to ration the amount of wealth each of us should possess and to punish those who would dare to stand...

i suggest you look up the definitions of class envy, totalitarianism and larceny. what you propose is the epitome of all three. that any free man would believe it proper for the government to step in and confiscate what small minds might consider excess personal property is an embarrassment to...

so now it's changed to grow and share. i suppose you want unlimited grow space so you can give all that weed away. i'll go ahead and give you the benefit of the doubt. i'll let you believe you've convinced me of your altruistic designs. well, you're probably one of twelve people in the whole...

ah yes, more class warfare from the depths of ignorance. you know why this country was designed by wealthy men? because it is the rich and powerful that build nations, it is up to the rest of us to make it work. if a nation's founders are well intentioned, what they create affords everyone...

so you are demanding that the smoker must also be the grower? of the millions who partake of our wonderful weed, only a fraction of those are growers. what you advocate is, once again, not legalization. the idea of legalization is to give access to anyone, not just people like you and i, who...

you still don't get it, business is a part of the people. we each conduct business every day. it isn't some mythical beast or alien power structure, it is merely people engaged in the process of buying and selling things. whether it is goods or services, whether it is just two people or an...

we already know that those with the most capital to invest will be the ones best positioned to take advantage of any new marketplace. this is a basic truth of the capitalist system that has allowed us to create so much wealth in the first place. further, we need only look at the taxes involved...

but that's just what we need, legislators with the power to govern but who decline to do more than is absolutely necessary. we need representatives who refuse to try to change society, in favor of allowing society to change itself. our present group of political animals is allowed to proceed...

it is self-interest that must be utilized to pass any sort of legalization. the self-interest of the growers (both present and potential), the smokers, the anti-legalization crowd, the business community, the politicians and the taxpayer at large most of all. we are greedy little creatures...

i thought we had gone over this already in your previous thread, but i guess it takes some time for such things to sink in. unless you deal with the subject of sales you haven't dealt with the entire scope of legalization and sales means business. you can't just simply say that it's all right...

let's not even go there. we could get into that subject and i could probably even dig up some statistics, but i can already hear the screams of racism and the dubious pronouncements that it is every man's right to procreate. why don't we just leave it at, the poor out-breed both the wealthy...

there is racism all over the world, as well as any other kind of bigotry you'd like to imagine. there are also asshats all over the world, but we don't number someone among them just because their beliefs may converge. that's just fine and dandy and i wholeheartedly agree, but it is impossible...

the partisan mind is a bizarre thing, it follows a twisted path that only passes for logic in the broadest sense of the term. if we enter the fray, it's an imperialist move designed to further oil interests. if we don't intervene, it is once again a matter of oil interests. of course the name...

that "loyal subject" bit at the end may have been a bit over the top, but i'm sure it will at least get their attention. do you suppose they'll send her to me ups or will they send her cod? i'll bet they use the usps and she'll arrive all crushed and mangled or simply not arrive at all.

there sure do seem to be a lot of folks out there who claim to know what "our society needs". i personally need a short legged red head who has a thing for aging hippies with a slight paunch, but i don't see anyone advocating for that besides me.

you mean that superlative public education provided by our beneficent government and funded by our hard earned tax dollars isn't teaching us what we really need to know? i'm shocked and appalled. :shock:

is this really the default position you wish to choose; that things are moving so fast, we should simply be thankful for the bounty of the state and grab what we can for ourselves? i thought such unenlightened self-interest was supposed to be the position of us...

i'm having a difficult time finding what anyone is getting upset about. all i took away from story was that property owners were gaining the capacity to feed their monitored video feeds directly to the police if they so choose, eliminating the need to describe a crime in progress. can you...