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J. Wilder

  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    Plus they make you sing dumb songs: People can tell me what they've done. Maybe some things. Maybe none. But people can't tell me what to do. I will choose ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    DARE doesn't succeed in stopping people from doing drugs. If people want to do drugs, DARE isn't going to stop them. And if they don't want to, it's a mandatory ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    I hope punishment is a deterrant for a crime, because otherwise it's usually pointless. People may sometimes steal to support their drug habbit, but they steal way more because they're ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    But stealing IS illegal. We're not saying we should legalize stealing, just drugs.

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    then my tax dollars clean it up. And since I am the one paying for it, id rather it pay for their jail time, rather than pay for their cleanup. ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    Thing is, I don't know anybody who doesn't smoke weed because of difficulty transporting it. Because it's illegal, there's tons of money in selling drugs, so you've got tons of ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    People can already get marijuana whenever they want it.

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    just because Meth users started on weed doesn't mean that if we legalize weed we will somehow get so many more meth users, et al. The idea of a "Gateway ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    Increased availability? How could it be any more available?

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    You're right. I forgot about the war-on-drugs money. That means it would save even more money than I thought!

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    the legalization of marijuana would increse the number of people using meth No, it wouldn't. Definitely not. I bet if weed was legal, the same exact number of people would ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    Legalizing drugs would save us tax-payers tons of money (actually...right now I get my taxes returned to me since my income's low...except for maybe the good ones like social security, ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    I agree with Libertarians on some issues, but their stance on economics keeps me from joining them. [Edit: There's also the fact that I hate the idea of political parties...] ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    Democracy isn't perfect. It's probably the best system around so far, but it's far from perfect. I think the masses can very easily be wrong. Right now, for example, they're ...

    Aug 5, 2005
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Smoking

    If it were the right thing to do, more people would agree with you, and the laws would have changed. Do you honestly believe that what most people think is ...

    Aug 5, 2005


The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
— Aristotle