garublador said:
uNicedmeMan said:
There are a lot of
archaic laws, should we follow them?
You realize you linked to a set of laws that have nothing to do with why pot was made illegal in the first place. It's like saying, "Jews don't eat pork and I'm not a Jew, therefore I should be able to solicit a prostitute if I want to." I'm not saying the laws are right, just the logic you're using to show that they aren't right isn't very good. IMO, the totally irrational arguments for legalizing pot that are commonly made are one of the hurdles advocates have to get over to get it decriminalized.
I wasn't really trying to put together an argument on why anything should be made legal. Riverboy said,
riverboy said:
For good or for worse, the law is still a law. I may not agree with it, but I follow it.
and I linked to the blue law article to illustrate that he likely doesn't follow all laws, especially silly ones (which I believe the current drug laws are). Admittedly, this is a bit of an exaggeration but it does prove a point. The point being, many old laws were put in place as a result of religion, racism, propaganda, etc and many of these laws have been broken, unenforced, modified, abolished. It is my opinion that drug legislation should be revisited in the same manner as many of the "blue laws" have.
EDIT: thanks Dig It