My father is a compulsive gambler, his choice. Did it ruin my life? It could have, but I learned long time ago not to let others choices affect my life. My dad left me with 16.35 cents. He took all my college savings, it just taught me to work harder and not to be denied. I don't drink, gamble or have any bad vices as my friends tell me, but that's my choice.
No doubt, but had our government not gotten greedy and decided to allow the gambling to raise tax revenue, those lives and families might have turned out for the better. It's pretty obvious a large percentage of our population is not equipped to make good decisions, do we need to offer them another avenue to more bad decisions?
I don't think they are closed minded at all... I was just quoting what you stated. Back to OT: I've come to the realization that this is just one giant tug of war of opinions.
You see the slippery slope. There's are next phase. Clinical prostitution and therapeutic gambling. These are the kinds of freedoms that will keep Americans the world leaders. Let's show'm how it's done.
That's great, unfortunately not every situation works out the same as yours, as I'm sure you are well aware.
Wow I can't believe some of these posts, let's just let the government make all our choices for us. What to wear, eat, drink smoke, not to smoke, car to drive, person to marry. The fact of it is people are going to make bad choices in life whether "it" is legal or not. People that make bad choices also create jobs, rehad isn't cheap. Facts are that it is easier for a high school kid to get weed then it is to get beer and right now weed is illegal. I'm all for the government not making the choice for me especially if it is something as hypocritical as pot not legal but alcohol is.Let them stop spending money on enforcing the drug laws and make money by regulating it. People need to stop worrying about what other people do and worry more about themselves.
Can you not see how frightening your views are to us? You are delegating what should be your own personal decisions to others, in this case, the government. That is frightening to me.
I'd be more worried about weed if it had a larger connection to causing crimes. But I'm pretty sure there are a lot more violence related crimes under alcohol than weed.
Society would be better off without guns too. When you apply a principal you have to apply to all things whether you agree with that specific activity or not.
I'm saying that we should not change an already established law. I'm not calling for the abolishment of alcohol even though it is legal. Surely you can see how frightening your views are to me. Allowing clearly addictive drugs to be legal so the government can tax it and make money off peoples addictions.
We're talk kin levels of freedom just like speed limits in school zones. We have them because some people will drive to fast past your child getting out of school and... Merica's problem has never been not having enough freedoms it people abusing those freedoms. I've seen the left get a strong hold in the country by owning the media and lawyers of this land so I'm not kidding myself that pot will not will not be made legal in the entire US at some point. I'm just stating my view and rolling with the punches but like the lottery gambling alcohol and now pot, it's done the country no good. IMO
Allowing a weapon that can clearly kill is freighting to gun control, you just legitimized their argument.
Everyone makes decisions, and risks the consequences. You could go out and kill someone right now because that is your choice. You have to live with the repercussions. I feel the same way about drug use. You can do it, but you must deal with the consequences and right now there are legal consequences.
