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Considering that laws are 'supposed to be' part of the structure that helps society be pleasant/bearable for its members... On the one hand you have people who

Considering that laws are 'supposed to be' part of the structure that helps society be pleasant/bearable for its members... On the one hand you have people who inhale smoke from a burning plant despite there being a law against doing so. On the other hand you have people who want to lock a human being in a cage, sometimes for the majority of their lives, because of the abstract notion that they 'broke a law'; no matter what that law was or whether it's reasonable or justified. I know which kind of person I'd rather be surrounded by in society. Seeing the way people toss around the concept of incarceration so lightly is somewhere between monstrous and disgusting to me.

HumanHater 8y ago
While smoking marijuana is victimless crime selling it is certainly not. There are a lot of laws one might need to break to successfully sell drugs. Also a lot of convicts financially supported Mexican cartels and bear some responsibility for their crimes. At the end of the day they new all the risks, chose to play this game to make fast easy money, and they lost. It is like casino where you could win $5M or lose and spend 5 years in prison. Now letting the winners to keep the money but let losers go would not be exactly fair.
- ryanlol 8y ago
  >Also a lot of convicts financially supported Mexican cartels and bear some responsibility for their crimes. Lawmakers created the Mexican cartels, and therefore bear most of the responsibility for their crimes? >letting the winners to keep the money but let losers go would not be exactly fair. Frankly it feels that you care much less about fairness than you care about enforcing terrible laws.