srinath wrote on 12/28/12 at 19:57:47:Paraquat wrote on 12/28/12 at 14:41:48:THE DECISION LIES WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.
--Steve
And this brilliant line of reasoning doesn't somehow apply to gays, abortion, religion ?
Cool.
Srinath.
These decisions SHOULD be the choice of the individual.
If you want to be gay then go be gay.
If you want to get an abortion go right ahead.
If you want to worship whatever God(s) you want to feel free.
Who am I to dictate what you can and can not do?
Who is anyone else to dictate what I can and can not do?
(This isn't a vote for anarchy so don't twist it in that direction. I support a basic societal set of rules)
At a minimum there should be a general set of laws by state.
Imagine a theoretical situation:
If I favored religion and California was pro gay marriage, pro marijuana and against religion and Ohio was pro gay marriage, pro marijuana and pro religion I could pack up and move to Ohio.
If Florida was against marijuana but pro gay marriage and pro religion I could move there but would have to sacrifice smoking dope.
That's simply choosing where to live based on the options available to me, but at least I'd have options to pursue my desires.
Let's go a step further; back in time to when California first wanted to legalize marijuana.
Why not? Because the federal government says no.
Why not have used California as an example. If California, as a state, wanted to legalize marijuana then let them. See how their economy, production, employment, crime rates all change as a result. Other states could use them as an example and then dismiss, accept, or adapt the findings based off of California's little experiment all while remaining a control group isolated from the experiment.
That's such a great idea it should be an amendment.
Giving the state that power would contradict what the federal government has previously imposed however. If only someone came up with that "amendment" in or around 1795 before the feds illegally seized their power. It could've be the 11th amendment.
(It is the 11th amendment)
--Steve