From: chaneysa@nextnet.csus.edu (Stephen A Chaney)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion
Subject: Re: Right to Kill (was Re: Cough Man's hypocrisy)
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:41:36 GMT
Organization: California State University Sacramento

In article <24592@oasys.dt.navy.mil> bense@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ronald Bense) writes:
>In talk.abortion, chaneysa@nextnet.csus.edu (Stephen A Chaney) writes:
>
>>Gee, I know some friends who want to be able to use marijuana as a
>>recreational item, in the privacy of their own homes, where no one
>>else can see them. They aren't hurting anyone as long as they smoke
>>pot at home. Besides, we get worse air in LA, right?
>
>Beats me about LA, but yes, imo they should be able to do so, prrovided
>they are not minors. They don't, however, have the right to drive a
>car in that state, or to have certain jobs, as it has been proven that
>these types of things are in the body for a *long* time and have effects
>far beyond the couple hour "high". After all, your employer is entitled
>to get the most for his money, correct? You don't have a right to work
>for him, after all. (Hint: if you did, he'd *have* to hire you if you
>wanted a job.)
>
>>Could you put your money where your mouth is, and get the message
>>across to America that these people ought to be, in your exact words,
>>FREE TO CONTROL THEIR OWN BODIES ?
>
>Sure, and better yet, have the government sell the stuff, that way records
>could be kept of who buys (they couldn't get government jobs), the government
>would make the money (provided it doesn't blow it they way it blows
>a lot of our tax money, and some it doesn't have, witness the debt),
>and place the multi-billion dollar drug trade orginaztions out of business.
>Some things you could quickly see from this is that gangs would quickly
>disperse, no money anymore to attract members; violence would go down,
>no turf to fight over for the drug trade; and we would save billions
>in the fight against drugs, which is failing miserably by the massive
>evidence of the former two points. In all, this would quickly do everything
>they want to do now, except stop all drug use, which appears to be a
>hopeless cause anyway, unless they are going to go around and make *everyone*
>piss in a cup every week, and haul off all offenders. (something about
>rights here, although I'm not sure what:)

Bravo! Bravo! Excellent (1000 claps)!

Sounds GREAT. 

Now, would you care to go out and spread that message? How about
taking it up as a "control of one's own body" issue in the 1996
Democratic National Convention? 

Not even the DEMOCRATS would let you get on the podium with those
statements. The public would see that and, with nearly 100% opposition
in America, neither you - who presented the argument - nor the
Democrats foolish enough to call you their friend - would be elected
to any office again, for pushing the legalization of marijuana. 

>Ron
>
>Potassium Benzoate included as a preserver.


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