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Ratatosk

I have read every comment, all 238 to date, and just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to spell it out for everyone so patiently. There are many good comments and many based on emotion and ignorance but your last post said it all…

QUOTE…#218

In short, I find marijuana less dangerous to the human body and to society than Alcohol. I believe that both can and are used responsibly by adults. I believe that both can be abused by adults and children, though abuse of alcohol has far more dangers associated with it than abuse of Marijuana… And FINALLY, MOST IMPORTANTLY I believe that we as human beings are

“each gifted by nature with individual freedom; required by the law of nature to call no man, or body of men, his masters; authorized by that law to seek his own happiness in his own way, to do what he will with himself and his property, so long as he does not trespass upon the equal liberty of others; authorized also, by that law, to defend his own rights, and redress his own wrongs; and to go to the assistance and defence of any of his fellow men who may be suffering any kind of injustice” – Lysander Spooner, No Treason

THAT is what it means to be Libertarian, that is the philosophy of any who would truly go “John Galt”. For the rest, for those that think the government should play nanny at any level… well, they are not libertarian, they are something else, far more closely allied with the philosophies of Liberals and Socialists.

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I will add my own experience to this. I am 43 years old. I have been married 15 years with a 11 year old son. I have worked the same job for 14 years successfully and do NOT make 6 figures but do make a very comfortable living. I do not smoke or drink and have never tried any illicit drugs other than cannabis. I have no criminal record at any level including tickets or accidents. I tried pot when I was 24 years old after years of military sevice to this country. It was on a whim on the beach with my best friend at the time. I have been a recreational smoker since. My main reason for using at this time in life is to relax in my home after a very long stressful WEEK of work. It takes the edge off all the BS and allows me to look around and be thankful for all I have and the future I hope to have.

So I guess now I have outted myself as a terrible criminal-person-father-husband-son-member of society. I suppose now I should be thrown in jail for the rest of my life….NO WAIT…I should be killed in punishment for my personal indescretion as has been suggested. Jail or death would surely teach me and my family the error or my ways. Think of all the good that will come from removing me from our moral and civilized society.

I am sure I am one of a kind in this country and none of the 45 million other canabis smokers can possibly be like me and be a responsible recreational consumer. I am sure NONE of the 800,000 persons arrested in 2008 were like me. But wait, if they were not like minded and responsible to some extent this country would be in utter chaos would’nt it?

So I say again Ratatosk, thank you for being so patient with all your comments. I am finding it harder every day to be patient with laws and morals (covering all topics not just prohibition) that have twisted and badly distorted my personal rights and freedoms.