Analogy fail
Any “role model” worth his salt will gladly tell you that free individuals are under no ethical obligation to obey unjust laws, and the prohibition of cannabis certainly fits the bill there. Where would our society be if people always followed stupid rules? Women wouldn’t be able to vote and black people would still be giving up their seats on the bus if it wasn’t for the occasional worthwhile person telling the irrational lawmakers to get bent.
Because the right to smoke marijuana is just like the right to vote.
“free individuals are under no ethical obligation to obey *unjust* laws”?
i’d love to know just what constitutes unjust to this person.
on a tangent i am considering the purchase of a firearm in light of recent home invasions in my home’s vicinity. im starting to think if people aren’t safe in my part of town, they ain’t safe nowhere.
wonder if this person would think it unfair if I shot all his bongs with my gun ’cause the smell sickened me.
Reply to annieYou should buy a broadsword instead. When someone breaks in, just grab it and shout “I HAVE A THOUSAND YEARS OF POWER!”
Reply to Donniewe actually have a baseball bat that, just last night, carlos wielded above his head in a moment of silliness and said, “IIIIII haaaave the POWERRR”… all he needed was those magenta BVD’s and that gray “X” armor thing over his chest and that would have completed the picture.
Reply to annieWahahahaha! You took a picture, right?
Reply to DonnieAnalogies are tricky things, though. Is the right to smoke dope the same as the right to eat as many bowls of ice cream as you want? What if the government is paying for your health care? If you don’t control your own body, and your bad health choices cost everyone lots of scarce health care resources, why can’t the government make all the “unhealthy” foods illegal? It’s already happening in NYC.
Look out, they’re coming for you and your Twinkies next!
Reply to RobertIt’s a good thing I don’t eat Twinkies then. More than just about any food, it simply feels like I’m eating a batch of chemicals.
Reply to DonnieAnd then your implication that you should control your own body will be classified by Obama as a “failed dogma.”
Reply to Carsonat my old job we were cleaning out someone’s desk who had just quit. we found a box of twinkies – the date stamped on the bottom of the box was four years prior. one of the twinkies had molded in its wrapper and all the air had been sucked out. the other ones were intact.
Reply to anniePerhaps Twinkies distracted from my point…let’s say a 16 oz. Porterhouse, baked potato w/a stick of butter and a double cheesecake for dessert. Can the gov. take that away from you and tell you salad only until your BMI is approved?
A better analogy in the original piece you cited would have been the people who obeyed the laws in Nazi Germany. Many have since said that they should have broken the unjust laws of the Nazi regime. Because the right to smoke marijuana is just like the right not to beat up the opposition party.
Wait…maybe you had something there, Donnie. fun discussion.
Reply to Robertthis IS fun! where can we draw the line between “unjust” and “nazi”, hmmm?
Fair or not, my not wearing a seat belt or eating the porterhouse/baked potato (which I just did btw heh heh) *will* drive up costs because I *will* use my health insurance to pay for the consequences. If I were able to cover all my costs independently, it’s a different story.
this is why i think insurance should be done away with…or at least the deductibles should be a *lot* higher. the spreading around of costs was supposed to help only the needy, but it no longer works for our entitled, spoiled society. on the other side, costs should be standardized and regulated. doctors shouldn’t get to charge whatever they want, and services should cost the same at any health facility.
sorry, didn’t mean to rant.
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