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Imagine if you walk down 1 block of a street and there's 3 people smoking crack. They aren't sleeping on the street, or breaking any other law, but they are hig
by gretch 3y ago
Imagine if you walk down 1 block of a street and there's 3 people smoking crack. They aren't sleeping on the street, or breaking any other law, but they are high on crack.
Do you think people feel safe on this street? Just because you personally may feel safe, consider that you may be personally blessed with youth and health. Does an elderly woman with a cane and a purse feel safe?
People high on crack are unpredictable. They may try to rob you because that was the last crack rock they had, and they are also out of money.
And if people don't feel safe on the street, then people who can start to move away. Then you have a 'drain' problem on a societal level.
- standardUser 3y ago'People high on crack are unpredictable." Do you believe your own propaganda? That's the most simplistic, nonsensical, DARE-level logic I have seen in this comment thread yet.
- gretch 3y agoYeah I absolutely believe it. If you were riding a public bus, and you had the option of sitting next to 1) a person on crack or 2) a person not on crack, which do you choose? Also, how about you present a counter position to the argument? Otherwise next time just type “u r dumb” and save yourself a couple of characters in typing.
- isaacremuant 3y agoBan alcohol then, because I'd rather sit next to sober people than those who aren't. Ban videogames too. And walking around with hockey sticks. What a absurdly basic argument. And you thought it was poignant?
- gretch 3y agoBelieve it or not if you go out in the street and talk to real people, you are going to find that the vast majority of them find (playing video games) to be in a significantly different category than (smoking crack). You don’t have to believe me about it. Just speak with your neighbors and conduct your own poll. Btw, yes, public intoxication is against the law in many places in the world. Pretty standard rule.
- isaacremuant 3y agoI probably go out in the world and talk to more real people than you, hence I don't have to make a poor argument. My neighbours also are not particularly relevant to form a good argument. If my neighbours are all staunch believers in some deity, doesn't mean it's a good argument to believe in one. > Btw, yes, public intoxication is against the law in many places in the world. Pretty standard rule. So is homosexuality. Doesn't mean it's a positive thing or that it solves the problem it's supposed to solve for society. Unless you just want the "ugly people out of your way", in which case killing them could also work, but you probably would have some argument against that, but prison seems fine, right?