2187: Flood Warning

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with Toby Muresianu – Toby’s open relationship; choosing to be a vegetarian at 10 years old; The Stanley Cup finals; Chef Keith; San Andreas and Montage of Heck; Cameron Crowe and Aloha; HUAR; Atlanta Falcons puppy killer; Opie and Jim Norton shout-out

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Toby Muresianu



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[zappbrannigan]

I'm with Chemda on the drug argument.

I think most people would agree that fighting a losing battle for years and years is pointless. Look at Iraq; US Military pulled out after 8 years. The "War on Drugs" has been going on since 1971. Time to admit defeat and look to other options maybe?

[Keith]

I want it all legal also.

For different reasons.

For all the fun stories.

When I have to pretend I'm surprised by all the deaths and ruined lives, that'll be different.

But yes, I want to see ALL these experiments!

[WSEIII]

Harrison Ford and John Travolta weren't available to play the pilot in Aloha.

[zappbrannigan]

Originally Posted by Keith

I want it all legal also.

For different reasons.

For all the fun stories.

When I have to pretend I'm surprised by all the deaths and ruined lives, that'll be different.

But yes, I want to see ALL these experiments!

There's ALREADY deaths and ruined lives, just like there's deaths and ruined lives from alcohol. Stop acting like legalizing drugs is going to turn the world into The Purge.

[Keith]

There's already deaths and ruined lives from alcohol so we might as well make harder drugs legal also?

Warning: it's rhetorical.

[Lanfear]

The US prison system and how people get sentenced instead of getting drug counselling is fucked up, that is what should be fixed not making dangerous substances legal.
As far as I am concerned there is a HUGE difference between making drugs that can completely fuck you up from a single dose legal vs substances like booze/weed even mushrooms where you might end up puking for a day but most likely won't die if you take a little too much.

And when Chemda said "oh but we don't give alcohol to minors" I had to really laugh. If you want booze as a teenager you can get it, same with weed that is sooooo illegal right now but none of you have any trouble getting it and freely distributing it.

[Sparrow]

the war on drugs is very profitable. there's lots of people making money per body in the private prison system. so, whether or not philosophically it's a good idea, it's a moot conversation until incarceration in this country stops being a commodity.

[Sparrow]

additional fuckery: serving felons and people on parole can't vote. people are making money off the loss of citizens civil voices; those particular citizens are disproportionally hispanic and black and those communities tend to vote, you guessed it, democratic. advantageous to the purse strings to keep an easy felony at hand.

[zappbrannigan]

Originally Posted by Keith

There's already deaths and ruined lives from alcohol so we might as well make harder drugs legal also?

Warning: it's rhetorical.

Thanks goodness. I wouldn't want you to get sucked in.