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The problem for the US is that the country went around the world arm-twisting for decades to get other nations to ban drugs. To legalize is obviously the just a
by mullingitover 4y ago
The problem for the US is that the country went around the world arm-twisting for decades to get other nations to ban drugs. To legalize is obviously the just and correct decision, I think people are just embarrassed to do it at the federal level now purely because of the history.
- majormajor 4y ago"Worried about looking silly in front of people in other countries" is extremely far from the top of the list for half of Congress, and it's that half that would have more resistance to legalization.
- rayiner 4y ago[flagged]
- tptacek 4y agoAt some point you cross the line between philosophical noodling and outright advocating the execution of everyone involved in the drug trade.
- rayiner 4y ago[flagged]
- hydrok9 4y agoExecuting people almost never works. You can't kill everyone and the higher-ups will never run out of expendable street-level dealers. The lure of lots of easy money is too strong.
- JamesBarney 4y agoWhat places have gone hog wild executing drug dealers and not found a reduction in drug use?
- hydrok9 4y agoIt causes a reduction, but it doesn't remove drugs, and you end up killing mostly people who only ended up in drugs because they were desperate, poor, or mentally ill.
- rayiner 4y ago[flagged]
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y ago[flagged]
- piracythrowaway 4y agoMan keeps telling you, quite clearly, exactly what he believes, and you refuse to believe him: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35367591 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35367591
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- rayiner 4y ago[flagged]
- forgingahead 4y agoAnd why would that be bad? People actively in the drug trade are profiting off the misery of others and the degradation of society. There is a host of associated crimes that occur due to drug-use and in places where drugs and drug-abusers are prevalent. If people in a society vote to deal with this issue, and their solution is to execute people in the drug-trade, why is that bad? Why is Rayiner's legitimate opinion being considered illegitimate by you?
- rayiner 4y agoThese “human rights” organizations should be focused on coming up with solutions to the huge problems all over the world from organized crime and the drug trade. Show me something a poor or middle income country like Vietnam or Bangladesh can do to combat drugs (so no, not just “fix every other social problem first”).
- deepsquirrelnet 4y agoI don’t think there’s many who would feel any shame at all. Who do you envision would be embarrassed?