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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
If you actually believe what you just wrote, I expect you to be campaigning to outlaw all alcoholic beverages immediately. ... In other words, your arguments against are much more applicable to the legal drug that you probably use than the illegal one you rage against.
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How exactly does what I said compel me to campaign for or against anything? I do believe it and I think you misunderstood it. I really wouldn't care whether alcohol or tobacco were legal or not because the legality of this or that is beside the point. We all know that alcohol and tobacco are more or less addictive or dangerous depending on the hands they're in. For some, alcohol might be the worst drug. For others, it might be cocaine. But all that is irrelevant. "Your rights end where mine begin, and vice-versa" is a philosophy that applies equally to drugs (legal or otherwise), firearms ownership, motor vehicle ownership, etc. Believe me, if there's one thing I support, it's the second amendment. But I'm also an advocate of acknowledging one's personal responsibilities. But drug users, whether they use alcohol, marijuana, or submarine sims, nearly always seem to be the ones who feel they owe society nothing.
Not often that I agree with Skybird, but here I do. That's all from me.