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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, September 22 2012 @ 07:29 AM EDT |
I definately respect the law, but it does work both ways!
And there absolutely nothing morally wrong about that. Lets
not forget he was not proven guilty of the accused crime,
and that has to be respected above all else.
Furthermore the point is: he understood the law really well
and used his indepth technical understanding to come up with
a very respectable defense, which is his right to do so!
Innocent until proven guilty... remember that one?
I would not endorse drug dealers either, but this guy was
really an incredibly small fish. And the intended penalty
for his possesion of "something on some schedule" was
definately draconian punishment (ie cruel and unusual ...)
Maybe some extreme conservatives in this forum, I don't
know, but I do not find that kind of moralizing logically
consistent with the values that are conveyed about the law
in this forum.
Thank You. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, September 22 2012 @ 10:35 PM EDT |
>People dealing in drugs get no respect from me.
I trust you include psychiatrists, physicians, and pharmacists in that
sentiment.
If you don't, you are merely being a hypocrite, giving preference to one death
merchant over another.
And if you don't understand why pharmacists, psychiatrists, and physicians
are merchants of death, spend some time looking at the known side effects of
what they prescribe, and their interaction with substances that don't require a
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, September 23 2012 @ 12:01 PM EDT |
Eh. Some psychiatric medications are actually pretty
effective and useful. OTOH, there's a massive
overprescription of antidepressants, IMHO. (even though
depressed people feel better, they end up really fat - not
worth it - therapy and human contact are a better bet.)
Now, drugs? Well, I'd be quite leery of putting someone in
jail on a marijuana offense. If you're against marijuana,
you really should be against alcohol. For the other drugs,
there's a range. Personally, I'd tend to legalize (with
electronic supervision) most of the more common drugs and
criminalize unsafe usage. (like..watching babies and
driving.) I would keep very harsh penalties on most
designer drugs - as exposing people to that sort of risk is
just uncalled for.
The idea would be to reduce the illegal market enough to
kill economies of scale. Overall, there's too many people
in prison as a result of our drug policies.
--Erwin[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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