Should marijuana be legalized?

stonebeard wrote: progkidjoel wrote: Anyone who supports the use of marijauna, think about THIS for a second: No words....only rage.

You shouldn't speak like that Stoney. People really die! How can you live knowing you actually sent money to terrorists or drug dealers?

Equality 7-2521 wrote:   Well I wasn't referring to that specifically, but I can. Turn in a murderer or betray his trust? The moral choice seems easy. You probably shouldn't promise to clients not to divulge their guilt if they confess it to you. Very poor business decision, suicidal maybe. Moral though.

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - January 16 2011 at 22:57

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote:   Well I wasn't referring to that specifically, but I can. Turn in a murderer or betray his trust? The moral choice seems easy. You probably shouldn't promise to clients not to divulge their guilt if they confess it to you. Very poor business decision, suicidal maybe. Moral though. It's not a business decision, it's the law. In some USA states, the lawyer may go to prison for six years and be sued for everything he/she has. The day a lawyer turns a client, he/she is disbarred in any part of the world, unless the client confesses he is going to kill somebody.  Luckily I'm a civil lawyer and never been in that case. Iván

USA confirmed for batsh*t crazy.

CCVP wrote: Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote:   Well I wasn't referring to that specifically, but I can. Turn in a murderer or betray his trust? The moral choice seems easy. You probably shouldn't promise to clients not to divulge their guilt if they confess it to you. Very poor business decision, suicidal maybe. Moral though. It's not a business decision, it's the law. In some USA states, the lawyer may go to prison for six years and be sued for everything he/she has. The day a lawyer turns a client, he/she is disbarred in any part of the world, unless the client confesses he is going to kill somebody.  Luckily I'm a civil lawyer and never been in that case. Iván USA confirmed for batsh*t crazy.

We've gotten into some sort of bizarre discussion here, but does anybody else agree with me that it would be better if people didn't want to use drugs? And I know that's almost certainly impossible, but I don't see any downsides to that hypothetical situation. But Textbook and I are massive squares, so that's probably why we think that.

Also, throwing a monitor out of a window is incredibly dangerous.

I heard about that PCP story with the rapper.

So what's the moral here? PCP will make people delicious?

I'm on bored.

Henry Plainview wrote: We've gotten into some sort of bizarre discussion here, but does anybody else agree with me that it would be better if people didn't want to use drugs? And I know that's almost certainly impossible, but I don't see any downsides to that hypothetical situation. But Textbook and I are massive squares, so that's probably why we think that. Also, throwing a monitor out of a window is incredibly dangerous.

if you use any medication you are using drugs, so IN YOUR FACE STRAIGHT EDGE! 

Equality 7-2521 wrote: If you haven't picked up on it, I don't base right and wrong on the law.

I agree with you it can generally be a bad idea to do that, as at least a social libertarian. I must say it's the safe thing for most of the populace, though. Things can get chaotic when the uneducated and the strongmen have their own kinds of intuition and sense of morality. In the end, there should always be some kind of guiding law for the populace, in my opinion. It would be nice is ours wasn't so full of horrible fail now.

Henry Plainview wrote: We've gotten into some sort of bizarre discussion here, but does anybody else agree with me that it would be better if people didn't want to use drugs?

Probably, but people get depressed, life can be sh*tty and drugs can be a fun reprieve. People have kinda known this for millenia. Plus I think for most people, taking an indigenous psychedelic as a rite of passage or communal experience is a genuinely good idea, under the right conditions.

CCVP wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: We've gotten into some sort of bizarre discussion here, but does anybody else agree with me that it would be better if people didn't want to use drugs? And I know that's almost certainly impossible, but I don't see any downsides to that hypothetical situation. But Textbook and I are massive squares, so that's probably why we think that. Also, throwing a monitor out of a window is incredibly dangerous. if you use any medication you are using drugs, so IN YOUR FACE STRAIGHT EDGE!

You underestimate Henry's squareness.

Henry Plainview wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: We've gotten into some sort of bizarre discussion here, but does anybody else agree with me that it would be better if people didn't want to use drugs? And I know that's almost certainly impossible, but I don't see any downsides to that hypothetical situation. But Textbook and I are massive squares, so that's probably why we think that. I see a massive downside, people not enjoying life as much as they would with drugs. If they didn't enjoy their life without drugs as much as they did with drugs, then they would still want to use drugs and my hypothetical scenario has not yet been attained. Caio, I am currently not on any prescription medication, but there's a huge a difference between a prescription medication and using most illegal drugs.