Comments on: Dude, You’re Harshing My Mellow http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/03/dude-youre-harshing-my-mellow/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:04:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The War on the War on Drugs - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/03/dude-youre-harshing-my-mellow/#comment-4062 The War on the War on Drugs - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:31:03 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2131#comment-4062 [...] H. Payne at League of Ordinary Gentlemen was more willing to cut the president some slack, seeing his feeble pot humor as an encouraging sign: Listen, there was a time in America where the [...] [...] H. Payne at League of Ordinary Gentlemen was more willing to cut the president some slack, seeing his feeble pot humor as an encouraging sign: Listen, there was a time in America where the [...]

]]> By: Gone to Pot | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/03/dude-youre-harshing-my-mellow/#comment-3894 Gone to Pot | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:02:15 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2131#comment-3894 [...] I thought I’d respond to Scott’s defense of Obama’s foray into stoner comedy. He writes: Listen, there was a time in America where the suggestion that prohibition laws around marijuana [...] [...] I thought I’d respond to Scott’s defense of Obama’s foray into stoner comedy. He writes: Listen, there was a time in America where the suggestion that prohibition laws around marijuana [...]

]]> By: SunflowerPipes http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/03/dude-youre-harshing-my-mellow/#comment-3892 SunflowerPipes Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:27:29 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2131#comment-3892 I respect Obama he is a talented politician, President Obama seems to posse’s insightful, reasonable judgment on many issues, although in the case of marijuana prohibition laws I find Obama’s choice to answer with mocking humor to be lacking. Smoking marijuana is an easy thing to laugh about, it seems there is something about being stoned that brings a smile to people’s faces, however marijuana prohibition is not a joke. We should not be making jokes as millions of Americans are arrested for being caught on the wrong side of moral politicking, we should not laugh as we spend over 30 billion dollars a year going after Americans for smoking weed, we should not giggle and poke fun as we watch billions of dollars in tax revenue slip through our fingers each year, and should we not be jolly as thousands of people are murdered by cartels profiting from America’s moral hypocrisy. I believe there are profound latent consequences in prohibition that are not even factored in to our assessments of the effects of illegality, such as how we view the rule of law and the role of law enforcement in the community, the divisiveness between users and non users, the stigma of mental shock of incarceration. I say pot prohibition is no joke it has real costs paid for in real lives. Freedom is achieved in a country by placing responsibility in the hands of the citizen and not by the state legally enforcing morality. <a href="www.sunflowerpipes.com" target="_blank">SunflowerPipes.com</a> I respect Obama he is a talented politician, President Obama seems to posse’s insightful, reasonable judgment on many issues, although in the case of marijuana prohibition laws I find Obama’s choice to answer with mocking humor to be lacking. Smoking marijuana is an easy thing to laugh about, it seems there is something about being stoned that brings a smile to people’s faces, however marijuana prohibition is not a joke. We should not be making jokes as millions of Americans are arrested for being caught on the wrong side of moral politicking, we should not laugh as we spend over 30 billion dollars a year going after Americans for smoking weed, we should not giggle and poke fun as we watch billions of dollars in tax revenue slip through our fingers each year, and should we not be jolly as thousands of people are murdered by cartels profiting from America’s moral hypocrisy. I believe there are profound latent consequences in prohibition that are not even factored in to our assessments of the effects of illegality, such as how we view the rule of law and the role of law enforcement in the community, the divisiveness between users and non users, the stigma of mental shock of incarceration. I say pot prohibition is no joke it has real costs paid for in real lives. Freedom is achieved in a country by placing responsibility in the hands of the citizen and not by the state legally enforcing morality.
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