Comment posted on Palin: It’s Perfectly Fine If You Want to Smoke Marijuana by DavidSwindle
Michael linked to his source, Julie. There's no attempt to deceive anyone. Michael's rightfully emphasizing that Palin isn't really concerned about marijuana use. Chill out.
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- I'm not disputing that marijuana can be unhealthy. But no differently than alcohol, tobacco, and junk food — and you're not advocating a nanny state government step in with those are you? I'm disputing the Reefer Madness argument that it somehow destroys the country if it gets legalized.
You're using the Left's braindead arguments about tobacco and applying them to marijuana as though they were legitimate to begin with. They aren't. If a business wants to allow its customers to smoke then it should be allowed to do so. It should be the same with marijuana. If marijuana is such a big deal at concerts then those that put them on would lose so much business that they'd enforce it more vigorously.
What it boils down to is this: what is the purpose of government? Conservatives need to have a unified answer on this. Parents blowing smoke in their children's faces is not the business of government for a simple reason: government is incapable of doing anything about it without putting a camera and a cop in everyone's home. As conservatives we're supposed to understand this.
The purpose of government is to guarantee freedom, not create a better world.
I had a debate last year with Mary Grabar on this subject that you might want to refer to: http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/24/the-marijuana-… http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/29/the-marijuana-…
- Because arguments are supposed to stand on their own regardless on who the person is making them. When someone is making arguments about Islam then it's irrelevant what their personal religious views are. If someone is making arguments about abortion then it's irrelevant if they've ever had an abortion.
One's viewpoint is relevant, one's personal behavior is not. Do you know what an ad hominem argument is? It's when you shift the discussion from the arguments at hand to the person making them.
- Well it's on the ballot in California this November. And it's probable going to pass.
- That's an ad hominem argument.
- Like what studies, David? You want to cite studies then cite them.
Are you seriously trying to argue that a "contact high" is a plank in the reasoning to keep marijuana criminalized? SERIOUSLY?
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- At UCLA the Campus Left and MSA Skip David Horowitz’s Speech
Don't go forward with the expectation that every generation's youth culture will be the same decline. Generational patterns indicate that Generation Y is in many ways going to be a rebellion against the Baby Boomers and thus a revival of a lot of the traits that we haven't seen since the Greatest Generation. The next Ronald Reagan will come from my generation. - Noam Chomsky, America’s Most Boring Public Intellectual, on the Death of Osama bin Laden
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And yes, I used to be a leftist who adored Chomsky and read plenty of his books. Have you read any books by those who disagree with Chomsky?
"Those that I know that have read him remain impressed."
You live in a very small intellectual world if the only people you know who have read Chomsky "remain impressed."
"If exposure would lead people to reject him, why are his lectures packed out every time? Why do his books become best sellers when he is never permitted on US television to promote them?"
How many people who attend his lectures have actually read all of one of his books? He is permitted on US television to promote them. He's on Democracy Now! and Real Time with Bill Maher more than most authors.
His books become bestsellers because there is a devoted, tiny percentage of self-hating Americans who share his views. There's no shortage of people who hate themselves (and thus their country too) and long for pseudo-scholarly writings to provide the fake facts to justify how they feel. That way they can remain stuck in misery and never have to deal with their own problems.
L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology books are bestsellers too but he's still easily recognizable as a crackpot and cult leader.
- “This Makes You as Bad as Bolsheviks!” A Leftist Writer Embarrasses Himself After Being Rejected from Contributing to NewsReal Blog
I got enough laugh out loud moments out of the exchange for it to have been worth my time. - “This Makes You as Bad as Bolsheviks!” A Leftist Writer Embarrasses Himself After Being Rejected from Contributing to NewsReal Blog
I don't see something as a waste of energy when it results in me being able to publish a blog post that our readers can enjoy. - “This Makes You as Bad as Bolsheviks!” A Leftist Writer Embarrasses Himself After Being Rejected from Contributing to NewsReal Blog
I'm only patient when I know that I'm generating material for a blog post for our readers to enjoy.
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