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Yeah, I thought this was going to be about vape pens. God bless humanity, almost got rid of the vice completely only to have a reincarnation absolutely plunge
by hardwaresofton 4y ago
Yeah, I thought this was going to be about vape pens.
God bless humanity, almost got rid of the vice completely only to have a reincarnation absolutely plunge a new generation into addiction.
- scarface74 4y agoThe vice was the war on drugs that was disproportionately applied to minorities. Legalizing weed is taking one weapon out of the arsenal of the police state.
- mc32 4y agoIn other countries it was applied to their majorities (who could be minorities in the US). The war on drugs was not a U.S.-only thing. It was worldwide. Because it was a losing battle (products easier to grow manufacture AND transport, they’ve pretty much all realized it’s a losing battle —with some major exceptions like Japan and Singapore who still take drugs seriously and will incarcerate for small amounts.
- bongoman37 4y ago
- hardwaresofton 4y agoSo I generally agree with all these opinions but… I was talking about cigarettes? Also “vice” in the meaning of a bad habit, not the drug squad.
- scarface74 4y agoSame thing, the NYPD killed a man for selling a cigarettes https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eric-garner-dies-nypd-chokehold https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eric-garner-dies...
- hardwaresofton 4y agoAgain I fully agree on the broad points but felt a little bit like shoehorning an only slightly related topic in. But meh, awareness of those topics could probably stand to be higher anyway
- dsfyu404ed 4y agoThey killed him for daring to thumb his nose at the authority of the state by being a bootlegger. Cigarettes just happen to be what he sold. At the end of the day this is the kind of random violence that backs up every mundane law.