On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:15:55 -0400, dick balaska wrote:

> Am 2016-03-16 12:46, also sprach Jim Henderson:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> There's several issues I've always thought were backwards.
> - Abortion is a personal choice, should be the Republican PoV.
> - Homosexuality is a personal thing, should have nothing to do with the
> government, and "outlawing" it should not be the Republican PoV.
> - Pot (and rec drugs in general) you just mentioned.  "Government knows
> what's best for you" is not supposed to be the Republican PoV.

Agreed on all three points.

"We don't want government getting between a patient and a doctor" - well, 
except in this instance, where it's imperative that the decision not be 
made by the patient and the doctor.

Drives me crazy.

Jim

-- 
"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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