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> Nobody - absolutely nobody - has the right tell him differently. > People are ignorant and frankly downright... disgusting/pathetic/opinionated Those are so

by Y_Y 10y ago

> Nobody - absolutely nobody - has the right tell him differently. > People are ignorant and frankly downright... disgusting/pathetic/opinionated Those are some very strong claims. You can be sympathetic without being hyperbolic, or assuming that the reason that other don't share your views is that they're bad people who don't share your perfect reasoning.

discombobulate 10y ago
You'll find people get heated about the subject. When strangers & governments stop normal people taking a herb or whatever for their chronically painful & destructive illness it can be frustrating. His friend could end up with cancer due to increased inflammation of the intestinal tract. Certain groups & governments ignore science for their own agenda. Or they just don't like the sound of it. I mean, when that's the case, fuck them! Really. They're disgusting.
vidarh 10y ago
They are strong claims because current drug laws cost people their lives in large numbers. If there wasn't plenty of evidence to support that, I could accept that it might be excusable, but the evidence is there to the point that I have taken to at the very least consider politicians that oppose drug reform (who we should be able to expect to inform themselves) to be morally no better than murderers. In fact, for the most part they are worse - most murderers do not cause further harm after a single death (it is exceedingly rare for people to commit more than one murder); most politicians who oppose drug law reforms continue to cause harm. Sometimes we reach inflection points where certain views become so outdated by the availability of evidence that they become repugnant. Consider slavery (yes, I am making that comparison). Our eras drug laws will come to be remembered as the same kind of barbaric oppression of - and violence against - weaker members of society.

by Y_Y 10y ago

discombobulate 10y ago

You'll find people get heated about the subject. When strangers & governments stop normal people taking a herb or whatever for their chronically painful & destructive illness it can be frustrating. His friend could end up with cancer due to increased inflammation of the intestinal tract. Certain groups & governments ignore science for their own agenda. Or they just don't like the sound of it. I mean, when that's the case, fuck them! Really. They're disgusting.

vidarh 10y ago

They are strong claims because current drug laws cost people their lives in large numbers. If there wasn't plenty of evidence to support that, I could accept that it might be excusable, but the evidence is there to the point that I have taken to at the very least consider politicians that oppose drug reform (who we should be able to expect to inform themselves) to be morally no better than murderers. In fact, for the most part they are worse - most murderers do not cause further harm after a single death (it is exceedingly rare for people to commit more than one murder); most politicians who oppose drug law reforms continue to cause harm. Sometimes we reach inflection points where certain views become so outdated by the availability of evidence that they become repugnant. Consider slavery (yes, I am making that comparison). Our eras drug laws will come to be remembered as the same kind of barbaric oppression of - and violence against - weaker members of society.