BWT wrote:...
Really? Is that because it's inconvenient to your argument or because you can't refute it?
I can't understand the distinction you are making between an inanimate object and a drug. All I'm trying to do at this point is understand it.
What you want banned or not banned seems completely arbitrary to me. It seems like you're saying you want to ban "mind altering substances" but not "inanimate objects". So, I'm trying to understand the difference and whether or not you think "mind altering" incorporeal things should be banned as well. Is the issue whether or not something is mind altering or is the issue that it is a drug? Should we ban things like foxglove? There are plenty of naturally occurring substances that can be used as drugs.
BWT wrote:...
Dude we should ban car bumpers if we ban drugs. Right?
I mean they should be banned, if we ban drugs.
They have so much in common, inanimate objects and substances people abuse.
I'm not in favor of banning drugs. Your statement would make more sense if you said "We don't ban car bumpers so we shouldn't ban drugs.".
You asked earlier
BWT wrote:...Why do you guys select guns? ...
It's because the similarities between drugs and guns are dead-on. Both can be used for good or bad.
A "thing" cannot be criminal only an "action" can be criminal.
I own a gun, owning a gun should not be a crime. I choose to use that gun to hunt some dinner, the use of the gun in this context is still not a crime. Should I choose to hunt something protected or out of season then I've committed a crime but the gun has nothing to do with the crime. I choose to use that gun to kill the guy at the 7-11 because he shorted me a quarter when I bought a blueberry slurpee ... killing the guy is a crime, the gun is not a crime, someone may argue the blueberry slurpee could be a crime.
I own some morphine, owning morphine should not be a crime. I choose to use that morphine to relieve my pain, the use of the morphine in this context should not be a crime. I choose to use that morphine to stop my neighbors heart because he plays his Herb Albert CDs too loud while I'm trying to watch Mannix reruns ... killing the guy is a crime, the morphine still should not be a crime.
My argument is the substance/object itself should not illegal/banned. Whether it is a gun, a knife, a bumper or a drug it's not the object that is inherently evil it's how the object is used and just because an object has the potential to be used for evil that does not mean the object should be illegal or banned.
The AK-47 is a perfect example, this is a weapon that has been used to do quite a bit of evil in the world but that doesn't mean the weapon is evil and should be banned. Destroy all the AK-47s in the world and the will be replaced with something else the next day.
BWT wrote:...
I kind of walk a balance of I think that it's none of the Government's business and I see nothing good coming from the recreational usage of some drugs.
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Why only "some drugs"? How do you pick which drugs?