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Are you drunk? Or just giving up on your argument because you know you're wrong?
Probably a little bit of both.
Are you drunk? Or just giving up on your argument because you know you're wrong?
I make money, I employ people, I pay taxes (albeit against my will), and I smoke marijuana daily. It evidently hasn't affected my motivation.
Only someone who is anal retentive would make an issue out of this. Why don't you get back onto the topic. Oh I know why, because you're argument sucks. :lol:
You'd probably feel better and be happier if you pulled that stick out of there you know.
Are you drunk? Or just giving up on your argument because you know you're wrong?
**** off. You want to blunder into this conversation and pretend like you know what you're talking about, then at least have a basic understanding of the vocabulary.
You lost your argument when you claimed a dictionary definition of libertarianism that you never provided. I won the argument by default. It has been my distinct pleasure besting you in a fair debate. Feel free to try again.
I simply said that dictionary definitions back up my argument, I didn't realize you needed everything handed to you on a plate. You'll also notice my specific use of the term "traditional libertarianism". There was a reason for that. Again, all you need to do is read the history of the political philosophy you claim to subscribe to but clearly don't actually agree with.You lost your argument when you claimed a dictionary definition of libertarianism that you never provided.
the irony here is that Rand probably smoked a lot of grass as a young man and if you read the stuff he writes and says, there's some truth to his claim on losing IQ points ...
You got me curious. I googled and found this GQ Exclusive: Rand Paul's Kooky College Days (Hint: There's a Secret Society Involved): The Q: GQ. I'm still laughing
"He and Randy came to my house, they knocked on my door, and then they blindfolded me, tied me up, and put me in their car. They took me to their apartment and tried to force me to take bong hits. They'd been smoking pot." After the woman refused to smoke with them, Paul and his friend put her back in their car and drove to the countryside outside of Waco, where they stopped near a creek. "They told me their god was 'Aqua Buddha' and that I needed to bow down and worship him," the woman recalls. "They blindfolded me and made me bow down to 'Aqua Buddha' in the creek. I had to say, 'I worship you Aqua Buddha"
these folks are pieces of work ... Paul believes thyat a restaurant owner should have the right to deny service to a black man simply because he's black ... that takes a lot of pot ...
But you're not going to tell us what that magical reason is? I don't mean to sound harsh, but you already said he was a compulsive person with an addictive personality, it doesn't sound like weed had anything to do with it, even from your own version of it. And even if it did, it's still nothing compared to the damage other, perfectly legal drugs cause.
And neither did weed, it was something else, like you said..... Do you happen to know how many people have died of overdosing on marijuana?Fact is, they didn't.
And neither did weed, it was something else, like you said..... Do you happen to know how many people have died of overdosing on marijuana?
I am familiar with those like my stepson that started with pot only to move on to harder drugs ruining their lives. I also know 2 separate families that grew up without husbands/fathers because some mellow guy came to work and crushed both with a piece of heavy machinery.
But you said he was a compulsive person with an addictive personality who actively sought out hard drugs. Tens of millions of people in your country alone smoke weed without ever going on to do harder drugs. This is just classic scapegoating.
I believe that business owners have a right to refuse whoever they want, and consumers have a responsibility to boycott and bankrupt businesses when they engage in ethically abhorrent practices like refusing to serve people based on skin color. Still, that's a debate for another thread entirely
If no one in town boycotts, then consumers across the nation can boycott the town. Cities with deeply entrenched racial hatred don't generally have the best financial track records.and if no one boycotts in a town, then tough luck for the black folk I guess .... I guess the black folk can move out (in fact, that may be why they were denied service to begin with) ... Paul in 2016!
If no one in town boycotts, then consumers across the nation can boycott the town. Cities with deeply entrenched racial hatred don't generally have the best financial track records.
But you said he was a compulsive person with an addictive personality who actively sought out hard drugs. Tens of millions of people in your country alone smoke weed without ever going on to do harder drugs. This is just classic scapegoating.
Hey, news flash: getting stoned is a dumb idea. You can try to rationalize it all you want but that doesn't change the fact that a life of sobriety and self discipline is morally superior to marijuana use.
there are so many dumb things people do, and getting high on grass probably fits into that caregory, yet among the dumb things people do, this is one of the tamer ones, don't you think? Drinking alcohol and smoking, for example. But once you go down the "morality" road, ya gotta be careful ... Who's morality for example?
No, marijuana is a filthy habit, I don't see a stoner as any different than a drunk or a paint huffer or whatever.
And there is only one morality: God's.
Hey, news flash: getting stoned is a dumb idea. You can try to rationalize it all you want but that doesn't change the fact that a life of sobriety and self discipline is morally superior to marijuana use.