usf, has repeatedly argued that the mj legalization activists are just whining and are responsible for the damages of the drug war. His argument rests on asking us to imagine what would happen to the black market if people quit buying mj. But that is just fantasy. It also amounts to whining that does nothing to solve the "problem" while ignoring the realities of the drug war.
You cannot stop people from using drugs by putting some words on a piece of paper and calling it a law. If you are a control freak that hates human nature, it might be nice to imagine such a world but it is pointless to do so in a public policy debate. It's not going to happen. Whining about it, won't make it so.
Laws are written not in the expectation that they will affect behavior but to give the executive and judicial branches direction. If they had the magical powers usf wants us to waste our time imagining the executive and judicial branches would be pointless. The legislature could just pass a law and everyone would obey. There would be no crime or challenges to the law.
While whining about human nature, usf ignores the costs of enforcing laws and questions of whether they are just/unjust by simply blaming the results on those who do not obey. His priniciple is absurd and highly dangerous, but at least he does not apply it consistently to issues such as civil rights or equality for homosexuals.
Sorry, to post another thread, but I did not want these points to get buried in the repetitive whining, diversion and evasion that usf uses to cover his failures.
You cannot stop people from using drugs by putting some words on a piece of paper and calling it a law. If you are a control freak that hates human nature, it might be nice to imagine such a world but it is pointless to do so in a public policy debate. It's not going to happen. Whining about it, won't make it so.
Laws are written not in the expectation that they will affect behavior but to give the executive and judicial branches direction. If they had the magical powers usf wants us to waste our time imagining the executive and judicial branches would be pointless. The legislature could just pass a law and everyone would obey. There would be no crime or challenges to the law.
While whining about human nature, usf ignores the costs of enforcing laws and questions of whether they are just/unjust by simply blaming the results on those who do not obey. His priniciple is absurd and highly dangerous, but at least he does not apply it consistently to issues such as civil rights or equality for homosexuals.
Sorry, to post another thread, but I did not want these points to get buried in the repetitive whining, diversion and evasion that usf uses to cover his failures.