My friend told me to read a facebook note by a mutual acquaintance that I will refer to as "Dipshit". It is appropriately entitled "Stupid". It would be less painful to masturbate with sandpaper than read it again, but alas I must sacrifice my own well being to warn the general public. Also, to vent. Jesus Christ people, if the majority believes the same crap as this idiot, man will definately be the cause of their own destruction.
The Note
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=9941264787
(It has since been taken down)
To be perfectly honest, I think there is a legitimate case for legalizing weed, but it is not the one this guy makes. I swear to god, skinning my own penis makes more sense than this shit.
First off, the asshole compares banning marijuana to Jim Crow laws... Yes, you heard me right.
"Think of the Jim crow laws, back when slavery was legal. It seems childish now to think our society at one point was so convinced that african american slavery should be enforced that laws were made and cops enforced them."
Ummm... Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't Jim Crow laws after the Civil War, specifically from 1876-1965? Yes. Yes they were. Slavery was not "legal" at that point, dumbass. These laws, which varied from not being able to interracially marry to blacks not being allowed to sit in the front on buses were all primarily in the south. Wyoming is about as high North as they got. This means that they weren't federal laws. In fact many states didn't have any. Now every state has their own policies on pot, but it is universally illegal.
Also, don't be so harsh on cops just because they arrested you. If there's a law they HAVE to enforce it. Its part of their job. They can't just be like "Well you are selling drugs, but you know I think its okay to so I'm just going to let you go".
Dipshit goes on to say:
"Yup, thats what they thought back then, the way things are must be the right ways. This world where you can get arrested for doing harm to none other then yourself. This world where you can go to jail for your beleifs and doing what you feel is right."
You know, Dipshit some people kill small children because they think God told them to. Are you suggesting that's okay? I guess you're right, people shouldn't go to jail if they kill kids, I mean come on, they thought it was the right thing to do!
Dipshit keeps writing:
"What right does a government have to control what one does to ones self as long as it effects none others?""
Yeah, smoking pot does affect other people, actually. Now if you're a complete orphan and no one cares about you (wouldn't surprise me if Dipshit fit this category) I can see how this would make sense, but unfortunately it does affect anybody you come into contact with. One of my cousins smokes a lot of pot. Whenever I see him, he's always acting like a complete retard and while he seems happy, I have to cope with this for whatever period of time I'm stuck with him. Its actually pretty annoying.
Now he starts talking about alcohol:
"Alcohol is a drug which claims many lives, and has a much more drastic effect then marijuana. Imagine a world where alcohol would be illegal and marijuana legal, sounds ridiculous and stupid doesn't it? A world where if your caught with a beer in your house you could be thrown into a lockup, yet you could smoke a joint on the street, sounds ridiculous doesn't it?"
That happened from 1919 to 1933. It was called Prohibition and it kind of sucked and was eventually repealed.
Moving on...
"If you smoke a joint are you likely to beat up your wife? No... Crash your car? nope... Fall asleep? Maybe... Kill less brain cells then alcohol... Yes! Maybe banging your head against a wall should be illegal, its hurting yourself! maybe you should not be allowed to do it in public, perhaps police officers should arrest you for it, the two should not be any different according to the govt. Why is alcohol legal? Because the majority uses it!"
Actually, smoking pot does impair your driving as its a lot more difficult to focus. And it kills plenty of brain cells as well as damaging your lungs. Seriously, three cannabis cigarettes a day do the same amount of damage to the lungs as 20 or more tobacco cigarettes a day... Just throwing it out there. And by the way, banging your head against the wall isn't illegal because common sense dictates against doing it. Still, if someone were loudly and publicly smashing their head in, they'd probably get taken away at some point. Also, alchohol is only truly damaging in excess. A glass of wine isn't going to hurt anyone, hell its allegedly good for you. It takes way less pot to fuck you up.
Finally, Dipshit closes with this:
"Am i honestly the only one whom sees the insanity of to days society? This is only an example of one of the many insanities of it. I don't beleive people should go to jail for hurting themselves, it is honestly a crime against humanity. If anything send them to a psychologist if its actually a problem."
I'm sure all your pothead friends will read this and tell you how brilliant you are because it supports what they do and believe. They'll tell you how smart you are and how fucked up society is and bitch about it for a while.
That doesn't change the fact that people should get arrested for hurting themselves. A single mother with three young kids shouldn't be smoking up just because they're stressed out. Think about how fucked up their kids will be. A middle-upper class suburban kid SHOULD get arrested if he's caught with weed just for being stupid enough to get caught.
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