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Re: The Great Ganga Debate

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Anthony

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Date Posted: 07:12:52 05/15/01 Tue
In reply to: Anthony 's message, "The Great Ganga Debate" on 07:01:15 05/15/01 Tue

The American Government is rediculous. When are our rulers going to stop baby-sitting us? There is this moral majority that is still in power that bans drug use for some pseudo-religious reasons. They cry and cry about "seperation of church and state" and then decry drug use as "immoral"...
I know that there is the arguement that there can be morality without religion, but look at how our government throws the God (the Christian God) into things...oaths that mention God, presidential speeches that include God, God this and God that...I realize that these days they assure us that they don't really refer just to the Christian God, but still, I feel like there is this undercurrent of religious zealotry to this whole drug question. Let people do what they want to do to themselves. Let us have control of our lives and our bodies. Let us have abortions, drugs, and the right to end our lives if and when they become unbearable. THAT'S freedom.

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Author: Zisel ben [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:27:09 05/15/01 Tue Very nice. Good stuff, Anthony. Keep on rockin' the free world. :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

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Re: The Great Ganga Debate

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icky-icky
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Date Posted: 07:55:50 05/16/01 Wed

Anthony, I do not feel this is as such a broad religious topic as you might have made it seem. While I do think there are people that believe morality should be involved, I do not believe that is the reason the Gov't maintains its policies. I think it is merely because the majority of people do not understand how dangerous marajauna is not, so the feds perpetuate the failed war on drugs. Not to mention that it is hard to stop a project that is so involved as the drug war, financial and politically at least. I think no one wants to admit they are wrong. Look how long prohibition lasted, and the only reason that was repealled was because of the depression. I think it is going to take a few more years of the failed war and urban blight before someone ends this madness. There will come a day when no other options are seen, the public sees the truth on harmfullness, and society has exhausted itself trying to end it, that there will no longer be the threat of poltitical suicide for deciding to end the drug war, and it will happen...

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Author: Anthony [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 08:47:34 05/16/01 Wed Okay, I see your point. Good points, actually. I agree. Now, where's my bong? Should I use Wesley Pipes or Billy Bong Thorton? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]