Libertarians Need to Rethink Support for Drug Legalization
All hail tradition! Mom and Dad didn’t smoke pot and neither should you! That’s the arguement made by the author in a nutshell. Sheesh.
Somehow the country survived until the 1930′s without a ban on pot. The anti-pot laws came about due to the fact that the primary recreational users were blacks and latinos. The Grabars of the early half of the 20th century felt the need to ban pot as more good white folk were partaking and it was wrong for them to do the same things these inferior races were doing.
Somewhere in your precious Bible there’s an admonition to not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Isn’t it bearing false witness to call someone’s actions a crime when there is no real criminality in the act? Or does majoritarion politics make bearing false witness acceptatble?
Why is it acceptable to bring violence against people who are acting peaceably? Where is the morality in that? Several prohibitionists lament that nothing happens in a vacuum, ergo the risks pot poses in some situations to some people must be dealt with a total ban on pot. But it never occurs to these same people that the police actions and laws they support don’t occur in a vaccum either. Doesn’t it occur to you that the very disorder you decry stems from the immoral laws you support? Why is it acceptable to have a few beers, get a little drunk, put the kids to bed, but unacceptable (apparently the end of western civilization) if dad takes a few hits, gets a little high, then puts the kids to bed?
You are all sorry the young man referenced in the story is dead. Well, he would be alive today if there wasn’t a prohibition on pot. Would I be out of line if I said that Ms. Grabar and those that agree with her sound more like Pilate and not like Jesus? I don’t think so. Jesus exhorted people not to sin, I don’t recall him recommending jail time for sinners.
Christians say they don’t beleive in forcing God on folks. Yeah, right. It’s evident in this thread that they don’t have a problem forcing folks to act as Christians. “Don’t believe in God, too bad nothing I can do about that.” says the Christian. “Don’t expect to live like a Christian, well, that’s another matter.” says the Christian. And conservative Christians wonder why more and more americans have less and less respect for religious authority. You want folks to follow Jesus, but if they don’t, you’ve already handed a stick to the government to force sinners down the path. Gotta love that high-minded biblical morality.
