Text 21444, 50 rader
Skriven 2008-10-01 19:35:56 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 21408 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Legal Strictions (was: Hurricane Gustav)
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01 Oct 08 18:08, Robert Bashe wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>> I oppose the legalization of cannabis as a medicine.

 RB> And I oppose anyone who, young and in perfect health, presumes to
 RB> impose his morals on old, sick people who could possibly benefit from
 RB> unconventional drugs.

I'd prefer that the Food and Drug Administration do it's thing and
investigate these unconventional drugs before we go off the deep end with
them.

 RB> The medical, and not the moral or political situation is for me the
 RB> important point here.

No it isn't. Society as a whole has more to say about it than some whacko
doctors wild claims. Social issues must come before the use of drugs that
are detrimental to society. We already have enough people who're injecting
themselves with drugs and society pays for it.

 RB> This applies not only in this case, but in all cases where people who
 RB> are young/in perfect health/full of life presume to impose their
 RB> moral and religious beliefs on others who are not in their lucky
 RB> situation.

So a 40yo Shannon, who thinks making pot legal is forcing you to tow his
line?

 RB> I also believe in the right to euthanasia -

That's a moral issue, not a drug issue.

 RB> the right to die without pain and under dignified circumstances -
 RB> regardless of what the fatcats in religion and politics spout. Let
 RB> them die in agony if they so desire, but let them decide for
 RB> themselves ALONE. There are limits to what others may morally dictate
 RB> for so-called "ethical" reasons, and every human being has a right to
 RB> determine his/her own fate. Anything else is, for me, "cruel and
 RB> unusual punishment" and should by rights be forbidden by the
 RB> Constitution.

That's ok for an atheist. Those whose religion calls anything but natural
death, suicide, is a sin that won't get them past the gates of heaven.

                R\%/itt



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