07-21-2012, 10:50 PM
I do take (most of it) back.
Regarding having my kid's teacher smoke pot:
Of course I'd rather he not, but life isn't quite so easy and simple that way, is it?
(Excluding police/fire/military from using pot would be procedural as a part of the retention process.)
Knowing now that I don't live in that world that allows dictating to my child's art teacher he mustn't smoke a joint, I can instead wish and hope for second place: he do so responsibly.
Pot smoking can also be regulated via individual job policy. Just as it is now legal to require drug screening and/or lie detector testing.
Regrettably, legalizing pot doesn't alter anything you've described. You already pay for drunks; druggies; fatties, and crazies. If anything, you pay more now as some of these citizens are housed on your dime.
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Cracker, you do bring up an interesting argument when you state, "Why have substances which are controlled? Because most people are stupid and have to be told what to do and instructed on what not to do. As a result, the rest of us are included in the tard-watch policies."
That's a logical conclusion and one I don't have an immediate answer to.
Regarding having my kid's teacher smoke pot:
Of course I'd rather he not, but life isn't quite so easy and simple that way, is it?
(Excluding police/fire/military from using pot would be procedural as a part of the retention process.)
Knowing now that I don't live in that world that allows dictating to my child's art teacher he mustn't smoke a joint, I can instead wish and hope for second place: he do so responsibly.
Pot smoking can also be regulated via individual job policy. Just as it is now legal to require drug screening and/or lie detector testing.
Regrettably, legalizing pot doesn't alter anything you've described. You already pay for drunks; druggies; fatties, and crazies. If anything, you pay more now as some of these citizens are housed on your dime.
___________
Cracker, you do bring up an interesting argument when you state, "Why have substances which are controlled? Because most people are stupid and have to be told what to do and instructed on what not to do. As a result, the rest of us are included in the tard-watch policies."
That's a logical conclusion and one I don't have an immediate answer to.