On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 08:53:27 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 3/16/2016 4:46 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:42:14 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/10/2016 10:46 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> Quite possibly.  There's a stigma for pot users that somehow people
>>>> who drink alcohol or smoke tobacco don't have (though in the US at
>>>> least, tobacco users do have more stigma now than, say, 30 years
>>>> ago).
>>>
>>> That view seems to have gone here. It is so common place. It might be
>>> just the people I meet. There is a lot more tolerance than there was
>>> when I was the age to smoke it.
>>> Or maybe it's because I live in London - Sin City.
>>
>> Could be.
>>
>> The irony is that the criminalization of pot in the US is driven
>> largely (but not exclusively) by a party that claims to be about
>> "personal responsibility".  There's an irony in that.
>>
>>
> Strange isn't it that parties who want a smaller governments are so keen
> on passing oppressive laws?

Yep.

"We want government out of our lives" - and then pass laws that interfere 
with women's health issues, have intrusive surveillance, want to weaken 
strong encryption, and criminalize things like pot that only generally 
affect the user.

Basically, to limit anyone who they feel has a different "morality" than 
they do.

There's a word for this, I think....starts with 'h'. ;)

Jim



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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