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In reply to the discussion: ‘Did You Say ‘F**k Me?’ Judge Sentences Florida Teen To 30 Days In Jail For Cursing At Him [View all]Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)but that still doesn't mean I think somebody should be incarcerated for possessing ANY drug. For harder drugs, I favor the system that certain European countries have in which you can actually get your drug from the government if you register as an addict. That way, you don't push addicts into the criminal underworld, and that way you'll never have to worry about them saying the dastardly word, "adios" to a judge again. Either way, small time users should never be jailed, I don't care what drug they have on them.
And I'm going to call bullshit on the whole, "don't break the law and you'll be fine" meme. Forget about all the innocent people in prison, until not too long ago, sodomy was illegal in much of the United States. I guess all those gays and horny straights just shouldn't have broken the law and they would have been fine, 'eh? Or all those potheads? Never mind that it should be your right to smoke herb if you want, or that it's your right to fuck somebody in the ass if you want, just don't break the law. That's what's really important. Just be a good little brainwashed American and do what you're told.
The law is often wrong. Bad laws often get changed because people break them. If Rosa Parks had never broken the law, Obama wouldn't be president now.