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- From: roby@chopin.udel.edu (Scott W Roby)
- Subject: Re: Right to Kill (was Re: Cough Man's hypocrisy)
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:44:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep4.154136.1912@csus.edu> chaneysa@nextnet.csus.edu (Stephen A Chaney) writes:
- >In article <24592@oasys.dt.navy.mil> bense@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ronald Bense) writes:
-
- [Re: rights to "do whatever with your body" discussion
- turned into a legalization of marijuana argument]
-
- >Not even the DEMOCRATS would let you get on the podium with those
- >statements. The public would see that and, with nearly 100% opposition
-
- Hey, if nearly 100% opposed drugs, the drug dealers would be out of
- business.
-
- >in America, neither you - who presented the argument - nor the
- >Democrats foolish enough to call you their friend - would be elected
- >to any office again, for pushing the legalization of marijuana.
-
- William F. Buckley (a Republican, the last time I checked) supports
- legalization (he smoked... inhaled... but didn't get high -- one step
- ahead of Clinton, I guess :-)
-
- My feeling is, if you want to outlaw recreational drugs, fine --
- but PLEASE be consistent about it. In other words, you also need
- to outlaw alcohol (it is a DRUG) -- to not do so is to be totally
- hypocritical. Among excessive users of both substances, I've heard of
- far more people burned by alcohol than by marijuana.
-
- If you don't want to outlaw alcohol, fine -- but then you have no logical
- basis for outlawing marijuana.
-
- Incidentally, the discussion is now academic to me. I haven't used either
- substance in over 7 years.
-
- [walks off whistling, "I get no kick from champagne..."]
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