If you're going to put in the effort, it would make more sense to collect the light and turn it into clean energy instead of bouncing it off into space.
Well, what the GP described is kinda stupid. I mean, why would you go out of your way to make Linux unable to run a Linux program? If someone only wants to run Windows programs than they should be fucking running Windows. Linux is not meant to be just a replacement for people who are too cheap to pay for Windows.
You have to consider that there have been about 250 unique blackboard gags. Assuming Bart can only get one detention a day, that's would equal about one and a half school years worth of detentions.
I doubt the government really cares about the expense of it. Millions of dollars could be set on fire and likely congress wouldn't even bother calling the fire department.
I though we were talking about why we should care?
I always find this argument interesting. The people who are in jail on drug offenses are almost without exception people who were pulled in by police because of something they were doing as a result of being on drugs.
The exceptions aren't as rare as you say. People get picked up for drug possession at a traffic stop. If you happen to get picked up in a school zone the penalties can be very harsh.
I understand that not all drugs are equal, and that meth is far, far more destructive than pot, shrooms, or LSD. However, I consider those dangerous drugs like meth and crack as being in the same class as the toxic moonshine drank during alcohol prohibition. They were created as a reaction to prohibition and the demand for them may be very well become negligible if prohibition was ended.
Like I said, I could be wrong. The only way to know for sure is to legalize the less dangerous drugs first.
Millions of dollars not wasted on the government hunting down plants. Millions of dollars not wasted on people locked up in jail. Millions of lives not wasted locked up in jail. Dangerous drug cartels no longer holding countries like Mexico hostage. I'd say there would be plenty of benefits.
no, these should not be legal. simply because the prohibition effects of fighting these drugs (supporting the mafia, giving the drugs a taboo cachet, etc) are still less costly than the direct life destruction these drugs create
Do we actually know that? I support an end to all prohibition since I suspect the harm caused by prohibition outweighs the harm caused by legalization. I could be wrong though, I've never seen any evidence one way or the other.
You're right. Since we were talking about drug policy I was thinking more about the vote in Massachusetts decriminalizing marijuana.
I am however positive that the prop 8 vote was an aberration that will be undone the next time it comes up on the ballot, unless the supreme court strikes it down again first.
I don't endorse using hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin, but by keeping them illegal you are keeping violent drug cartels in business. I'd rather people make their own decisions and have access to addiction treatment if necessary.
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If you're going to put in the effort, it would make more sense to collect the light and turn it into clean energy instead of bouncing it off into space.
Unless the death is a result of physical trauma to the brain. I don't think there is time for hypoxemia if a 15 ton boulder falls on your head.
It's probably the sulfur compounds in the air. Next time bring a breathing apparatus for her.
You're both right since the character names were different in the Japanese version of the game.
I love MACs too, especially when it's late at night and I need some cash... oh you meant Macs. Never mind.
I'm curious where this MAC thing comes from. Mac is short for Macintosh, it's never been an acronym.
Drug addiction is not a legislative problem, but the War on Drugs most certainly is.
Still when has anyone successfully robbed a gun store?
About 10 days ago.
Well, what the GP described is kinda stupid. I mean, why would you go out of your way to make Linux unable to run a Linux program? If someone only wants to run Windows programs than they should be fucking running Windows. Linux is not meant to be just a replacement for people who are too cheap to pay for Windows.
It looks like that's it. Thanks. I'd have never looked there.
Doesn't really work. I disabled the GoogleUpdater service long ago, and yet the process is still running.
One devices that replaces your power cords and condoms? How convenient.
You have to consider that there have been about 250 unique blackboard gags. Assuming Bart can only get one detention a day, that's would equal about one and a half school years worth of detentions.
I though we were talking about why we should care?
The exceptions aren't as rare as you say. People get picked up for drug possession at a traffic stop. If you happen to get picked up in a school zone the penalties can be very harsh.
Met any booze bootleggers recently?
I understand that not all drugs are equal, and that meth is far, far more destructive than pot, shrooms, or LSD. However, I consider those dangerous drugs like meth and crack as being in the same class as the toxic moonshine drank during alcohol prohibition. They were created as a reaction to prohibition and the demand for them may be very well become negligible if prohibition was ended.
Like I said, I could be wrong. The only way to know for sure is to legalize the less dangerous drugs first.
You can't compare a victimless crime like drug use with murder.
Millions of dollars not wasted on the government hunting down plants. Millions of dollars not wasted on people locked up in jail. Millions of lives not wasted locked up in jail. Dangerous drug cartels no longer holding countries like Mexico hostage. I'd say there would be plenty of benefits.
How do you figure that controlling what people do in private is the moral thing to do?
Do we actually know that? I support an end to all prohibition since I suspect the harm caused by prohibition outweighs the harm caused by legalization. I could be wrong though, I've never seen any evidence one way or the other.
That's the worst idea I've ever heard. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
You're right. Since we were talking about drug policy I was thinking more about the vote in Massachusetts decriminalizing marijuana.
I am however positive that the prop 8 vote was an aberration that will be undone the next time it comes up on the ballot, unless the supreme court strikes it down again first.
Yeah. Say, what is it again they say about people who don't learn from history? I think it might apply here.
I don't endorse using hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin, but by keeping them illegal you are keeping violent drug cartels in business. I'd rather people make their own decisions and have access to addiction treatment if necessary.
I haven't seen that. Each state is different, some are better than others. None are as bad as the Federal government however.
Are you happy now having your pocket picked to incarcerate those who prefer to smoke pot than to drink alcohol?
I would absolutely rather my money go to improving lives by treating addiction than to have it go to ruining lives by locking them up.
Isn't gPhone a downgrade from an iPhone? I'm holding out for the jPhone.