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Why just marijuana? Why not every drug? In fact, why is possession of anything a crime? We already have laws about improper storage of hazardous materials. Pos

by mcny 9y ago

Why just marijuana? Why not every drug? In fact, why is possession of anything a crime? We already have laws about improper storage of hazardous materials. Possession of anything should be legal. Now distribution and sale is a trickier subject but pretty easy as well. As long as you don't misrepresent what you're selling, it should be legal as well. If we are for a small government, we have to walk the walk.

Pigo 9y ago
Unfortunately the loudest in this country are definitely not for small government. If it wasn't for the crooked party system, we might have a President right now that wants the government to take everything and make every decision for you. Those Trudeau wrong think laws are making their way into New York, it's just a matter of time.
djsumdog 9y ago
> In fact, why is possession of anything a crime? Child pornography. Do you want possession to not be a crime? This is one of the most fascinating cases since it is one of the core limitations of free speech. Richard Stallman actually has some very interesting and very controversial arguments about this in regards to speech.
- Clubber 9y ago
  I think the government has gone way overboard on sentencing of having a video, as abhorrent as it may be. If you can take the morality out of it.
- Lev1a 9y ago
  I'm fairly confident that the "anything" in GP refers to the concept of "any substance", as in flour, butter, chunks of metal, kilo of coke, some amount of olive oil, etc. Y'know, the usual stuff, not something like your example.
khuey 9y ago
Should possession of 100 lbs of weapons grade uranium be a crime?
- tzahola 9y ago
  Nuclear weapons can hurt other people. Me using drugs can only hurt me.
  - zimpenfish 9y ago
    > Me using drugs can only hurt me. Only if you exist in isolation from the rest of the world, surely. Otherwise there's family, friends, anyone you might hurt whilst under the influence (verbally, physically, etc.), and that's ignoring the indirect effects of the drug trade.
    - tzahola 9y ago
      I can hurt them being sober too. If I'm willingly taking a mind-altering substance, then I'm 100% aware that I can be prosecuted if I were to hurt bystanders. Yet I don't see why I should be prosecuted merely for taking the substance if I take the necessary precautions to not hurt people.
- mcny 9y ago
  > Should possession of 100 lbs of weapons grade uranium be a crime? Not that I know much about these things but from a distance I don't think possession should be a crime even in this case. Of course, you need to follow proper procedure to store it. I am more concerned with where they obtained the said material, who supplied it to them, who produced it and so on.

by mcny 9y ago

Pigo 9y ago

Unfortunately the loudest in this country are definitely not for small government. If it wasn't for the crooked party system, we might have a President right now that wants the government to take everything and make every decision for you. Those Trudeau wrong think laws are making their way into New York, it's just a matter of time.

djsumdog 9y ago

> In fact, why is possession of anything a crime? Child pornography. Do you want possession to not be a crime? This is one of the most fascinating cases since it is one of the core limitations of free speech. Richard Stallman actually has some very interesting and very controversial arguments about this in regards to speech.

Clubber 9y ago
I think the government has gone way overboard on sentencing of having a video, as abhorrent as it may be. If you can take the morality out of it.
Lev1a 9y ago
I'm fairly confident that the "anything" in GP refers to the concept of "any substance", as in flour, butter, chunks of metal, kilo of coke, some amount of olive oil, etc. Y'know, the usual stuff, not something like your example.

khuey 9y ago

Should possession of 100 lbs of weapons grade uranium be a crime?

tzahola 9y ago
Nuclear weapons can hurt other people. Me using drugs can only hurt me.
- zimpenfish 9y ago
  > Me using drugs can only hurt me. Only if you exist in isolation from the rest of the world, surely. Otherwise there's family, friends, anyone you might hurt whilst under the influence (verbally, physically, etc.), and that's ignoring the indirect effects of the drug trade.
  - tzahola 9y ago
    I can hurt them being sober too. If I'm willingly taking a mind-altering substance, then I'm 100% aware that I can be prosecuted if I were to hurt bystanders. Yet I don't see why I should be prosecuted merely for taking the substance if I take the necessary precautions to not hurt people.
mcny 9y ago
> Should possession of 100 lbs of weapons grade uranium be a crime? Not that I know much about these things but from a distance I don't think possession should be a crime even in this case. Of course, you need to follow proper procedure to store it. I am more concerned with where they obtained the said material, who supplied it to them, who produced it and so on.