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Putting high speed Internet (and weed, really) on the same level as marriage equality feels a little...cheap. But, I agree with your sentiment. I love living i
by MartinCron 14y ago
Putting high speed Internet (and weed, really) on the same level as marriage equality feels a little...cheap.
But, I agree with your sentiment. I love living in Seattle.
- philwelch 14y agoLegalizing marijuana keeps people out of prison sentences which ruin their lives and strikes the first blow against the war on drugs, which is the greatest civil rights disaster of recent decades. Marriage equality makes a little bit of legal paperwork more convenient and provides symbolic equality. An injustice, but a smaller one.
- drewrv 14y agoThe drug wars effect on minority communities is often overlooked. The legalization of weed is a civil rights victory.
- MartinCron 14y agoGood point. I have a hard time shaking my "white stoner kid" stereotype.
- RobAley 14y agoHigh-speed internet (and better internet access in general) is a win-win for communication & education, leading to a more open society and encouraging and facilitating change like marriage equality.
- rozap 14y agoThe war on drugs is perhaps the biggest civil rights fiasco currently. Unnecessary and unjust incarcerations are absolutely inexcusable, and they fall almost exclusively on the minorities. i502 is not a bill about getting high, there is so much more to it.