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Originally Posted by RageCash-Ben
The government is always claiming to have the peoples best interests at heart bur rarely, if ever, do they. Take here in Australia for example they are already doing trials of a fucking filter that is going to block 'questionable' sites at ISP level. As you can imagine I am fucking outraged.
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They are just trying to "protect the children"
I read an article with a judge who made good sense to me. He basically said that when all these children that we are "protecting", through what is really censorship, grow up to be adults themselves...they are going to be outraged that we gave away THEIR personal freedoms.
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It is just really difficult situation with drugs man. On one hand people should be able to do what they like but on the other hand complete anarchy is not going to work either.
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Very true. It's frustrating that the majority of people have to live their lives under the thumb of the authorities because a small percentage of people can't handle some substances.
And you know, people DO do what they like. That's what irks me. They can pass laws until the cows come home and it doesn't do anything but penalize you and me. They made coke and heroin illegal in the 1920's. They made pot illegal in the U.S. in 1937
Yet, people are shooting more heroin now than ever before. I did some good coke on Friday night before I went down to the strip. And I'll bet you have a nice doobie stashed away ready for an evenings' relaxation.
How did we ever make it before Big Brother stepped in and made everything illegal? And why do people refer to those years before it was made illegal as a "simpler time" when things were so much better? My great granparents and grandparents always spoke of how nice things were back in the early 1900's. And yet...THEY WERE COMPLETELY UNPROTECTED FROM THE SHEER EVIIIIILLLLLL OF DRUGS BY THE KINDLY AND FRIENDLY GOVT.
It's a miracle any of them survived. And they must have all been stupid because they didn't even realize how much danger they were in. Why, at any time back around 1910, a person might have smoked a joint or even did a bump! Holy shit! Didn't they realize that it was a danger to all of society?
Oh wait a minute. That's right. It wasn't a danger until it was made illegal by the govt. and an entire criminal underground sprang up to supply the country.
