Comments on: Deception in New York City http://sweetleaftribune.com/legal-political/deception-in-new-york-city Marijuana Law Reform & Cannabis Culture Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:07:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Wyther http://sweetleaftribune.com/legal-political/deception-in-new-york-city/comment-page-1#comment-53 Wyther Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:01:19 +0000 http://takemenowhere.org/?p=107#comment-53 I'm all for people smoking, whether it be pot or cigarettes. Do what you want to your body. Just don't put others at risk while you're doing it. I personally don't want anyone smoking around me or my son but if they do it away from me I don't really care. I’m all for people smoking, whether it be pot or cigarettes. Do what you want to your body. Just don’t put others at risk while you’re doing it. I personally don’t want anyone smoking around me or my son but if they do it away from me I don’t really care.

]]> By: Angela http://sweetleaftribune.com/legal-political/deception-in-new-york-city/comment-page-1#comment-52 Angela Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:00:52 +0000 http://takemenowhere.org/?p=107#comment-52 I don't believe the arrests were racist either, but from personal experience it does seem that more white people smoke weed. People are always so quick to throw the "race" card into everything these days. As far as marijuana goes, however, I believe it probably should be legalized. I mean hell, tobacco is legal. If you were to ask me many years ago when I was a pot smoker myself, I would have said HELL YEAH LEGALIZE IT, but now I just think it should be legalized for tax purposes. Perhaps if it was legal, they could tax the hell out of it like they do cigarettes. That's just my opinion. I don’t believe the arrests were racist either, but from personal experience it does seem that more white people smoke weed. People are always so quick to throw the “race” card into everything these days.

As far as marijuana goes, however, I believe it probably should be legalized. I mean hell, tobacco is legal. If you were to ask me many years ago when I was a pot smoker myself, I would have said HELL YEAH LEGALIZE IT, but now I just think it should be legalized for tax purposes. Perhaps if it was legal, they could tax the hell out of it like they do cigarettes. That’s just my opinion.

]]> By: Emz http://sweetleaftribune.com/legal-political/deception-in-new-york-city/comment-page-1#comment-51 Emz Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:00:04 +0000 http://takemenowhere.org/?p=107#comment-51 D'oh, the 'to be entirely honesty' should quite clearly be 'to be entirely honest'. I hate making typos. Thank you for understanding my comment! I will not judge someone, or something until I feel I know everything there is to be learned from looking at all angles. Too many people are quick to take up arguments and bias without realising what it means to stand behind that particular choice. That's not to say they maybe supporting the wrong thing, but simply that they don't understand everything behind their own decision, and the opposite one they could have taken. I'm so diplomatic it's stupid really! D’oh, the ‘to be entirely honesty’ should quite clearly be ‘to be entirely honest’. I hate making typos.

Thank you for understanding my comment! I will not judge someone, or something until I feel I know everything there is to be learned from looking at all angles.

Too many people are quick to take up arguments and bias without realising what it means to stand behind that particular choice. That’s not to say they maybe supporting the wrong thing, but simply that they don’t understand everything behind their own decision, and the opposite one they could have taken.

I’m so diplomatic it’s stupid really!

]]> By: Emz http://sweetleaftribune.com/legal-political/deception-in-new-york-city/comment-page-1#comment-50 Emz Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:59:29 +0000 http://takemenowhere.org/?p=107#comment-50 To be entirely honesty, I'm not too sure of how to respond to your post. When I say I don't have a stand on the use of drugs, pot in particular, it's mainly because I've never used it. It's also not something the people that I associate with use, so I argue that it's not something that's a huge part of my life. Now that makes me sound all arrogant regarding the particular issue you've raised. Like I don't really care because it's got nothing to do with me. Actually, it's more to do with the fact that I don't have the knowledge regarding the topic to be able to make a reasonable judgment call. Regarding your own comment above, arresting blacks more than whites sounds racist - but why are they getting arrested more? Are whites better at 'hiding' their habits in public etc? I don't know! I feel like this comment was entirely pointless, so I apologise if it is! ;-) To be entirely honesty, I’m not too sure of how to respond to your post. When I say I don’t have a stand on the use of drugs, pot in particular, it’s mainly because I’ve never used it. It’s also not something the people that I associate with use, so I argue that it’s not something that’s a huge part of my life.

Now that makes me sound all arrogant regarding the particular issue you’ve raised. Like I don’t really care because it’s got nothing to do with me. Actually, it’s more to do with the fact that I don’t have the knowledge regarding the topic to be able to make a reasonable judgment call.

Regarding your own comment above, arresting blacks more than whites sounds racist – but why are they getting arrested more? Are whites better at ‘hiding’ their habits in public etc? I don’t know!

I feel like this comment was entirely pointless, so I apologise if it is! ;-)

]]> By: Julie http://sweetleaftribune.com/legal-political/deception-in-new-york-city/comment-page-1#comment-49 Julie Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:58:49 +0000 http://takemenowhere.org/?p=107#comment-49 I think it's not right to say arrests were racists. Just because more people of a certain background commit the crime doesn't make the arrests racist. I think it’s not right to say arrests were racists. Just because more people of a certain background commit the crime doesn’t make the arrests racist.

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