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I like this news item. However, I'm curious how this falls under the HN guidelines: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they'
by j_baker 17y ago
I like this news item. However, I'm curious how this falls under the HN guidelines:
"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon."
California isn't the first state to have such an initiative on the ballot, so I don't see how this is an interesting new phenomenon.
And for the record, I didn't flag this. I'm just playing devil's advocate.
- jerf 17y agoThere are other flat-out legalization initiatives? Where? I'm aware of numerous "for medical use" initiatives which have passed, which of course we all know is de facto legalization ("Hey, doc, my, uh, eyes, uh, hurt a lot." "Oh, well, there's only one cure for that. Here, have a scrip.") But who else has done flat-out no jokes legalization yet? I'm not trying to ask a gotcha; I'm open to the possibility I haven't heard of them. It's an honest question.
- j_baker 17y agoThere have been in the past that failed. In particular, I recall one in Nevada. This isn't the best reference for it, but it was the easiest to find: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/326/nevadaII.shtml http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/326/nevadaII.shtml
- klocks 17y agoFrom further down in the Guidelines: "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link."