10th March 2005, 3:56 PM
Is it a bit of hypocrasy that one can be illegal while the other isn't? Of course! I'm all for making them ALL illegal, but it just can't happen... I mean, if we tried it again, I really don't think organized crime would threaten us like it did back then (at the time, the underground could manage to get ahold of really powerful weapons that they just can't any more), but it still wouldn't work.
And yes, even with the fact that it's a bit hypocritical, due to the reasons it has to be that way, I still fully support making it illegal. Listen Darunia, the last thing we need is some idiot getting in their car while high. I know the jokes, they only drive slower, but those are jokes, not reality. Any narcotic that shows up can and should be made illegal before it becomes mainstream, to prevent the travesty of tobacco and alcohol... and firearms...
Ya know Darunia, you only answered that question because you didn't want us answering it for you. What's wrong with pot? Well, for one thing it DOES screw with your brain. There's a reason people addicted to it have trouble remembering things. Also, it's still smoke in your lungs, so there's that.
One thing people don't do much about is people driving while under the influence of sleep deprivation. Ya know, being deprived of sleep at the wheel is, at least statistically, more dangerous than driving mildly drunk (not DEAD drunk mind you, that manages to be more dangerous). People need to learn to SLEEP, or if they find themselves tired at the wheel, learn to get off the road and sleep.
And yes, even with the fact that it's a bit hypocritical, due to the reasons it has to be that way, I still fully support making it illegal. Listen Darunia, the last thing we need is some idiot getting in their car while high. I know the jokes, they only drive slower, but those are jokes, not reality. Any narcotic that shows up can and should be made illegal before it becomes mainstream, to prevent the travesty of tobacco and alcohol... and firearms...
Ya know Darunia, you only answered that question because you didn't want us answering it for you. What's wrong with pot? Well, for one thing it DOES screw with your brain. There's a reason people addicted to it have trouble remembering things. Also, it's still smoke in your lungs, so there's that.
One thing people don't do much about is people driving while under the influence of sleep deprivation. Ya know, being deprived of sleep at the wheel is, at least statistically, more dangerous than driving mildly drunk (not DEAD drunk mind you, that manages to be more dangerous). People need to learn to SLEEP, or if they find themselves tired at the wheel, learn to get off the road and sleep.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)