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The same argument applies to Turing being imprisoned for his homosexuality. There's nothing wrong with marijuana that deserves making it illegal, especially mo
by alisonkisk 5y ago
The same argument applies to Turing being imprisoned for his homosexuality. There's nothing wrong with marijuana that deserves making it illegal, especially more illegal than murder, which was the point of this story!
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y agoThat was going to be another point I wanted to raise. Homosexuality was illegal not so long ago, but it also harms no one and is approximately the business of only those directly involved. And yet we used to persecute people for... what? Something we'd been conditioned to reflexively disagree with. Shameful.
- mewkou 5y agoTuring shouldn't have entered into a homosexual relationship if it was illegal. If he wanted to do so as an act of civil disobedience then he should have been prepared to endure the consequences as a public spectacle that would perhaps further his cause. Some laws are unjust, sure, but I don't think laws punishing drug deals are unjust.