tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723595150423976130.post2826484012918272548..comments2022-08-31T13:21:11.928+02:00Comments on webdiary_<i>libre</i>: the very fact that they lie (cannabis)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723595150423976130.post-12482738231803883292009-11-04T01:01:39.161+01:002009-11-04T01:01:39.161+01:00arbitrary law ...
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...arbitrary law ...<br /><br /> .. seen as 'ass' ...<br /><br /> .. only just law ...<br /><br /> .. can be respected<br /><br />-=*=-<br /><br />G'day orana gelar,<br /><br />the banning of alcohol was tried - called 'prohibition;' all that did was to drive drinking 'underground,' creating two new classes of 'criminals,' those who drank 'on the sly' and those who supplied, with the latter creating/enabling a 3rd class of criminals, namely corrupt officials.<br /><br />Not a 'good look,' as the utterly detested Ameri-speak has it (spit, spit!) - so prohibition was 'rolled back,' and most reasonable people could have a relax. The criminal suppliers and the corrupt officials largely 'moved on' to new fields of criminal endeavour.<br /><br />The fact that marijuana is openly traded in the Netherlands shows that the concept of 'harm minimisation' can work; any nexus between cannabis and truly dangerous drugs (MDMA (Ecstasy), Rohypnol, ketamine, methamphetamine? Who knows what?) is made 'non-operative,' since the dealers in properly illegal substances lose the cannabis 'market connection.' At least in the Netherlands, most reasonable people can have a relax - and some do, by quietly enjoying a non-illegal joint, say. The economy does *NOT* have a collapse, and life goes on in a 'free-er and fairer' atmosphere.<br /><br />The fact that the scientists say that cannabis is less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes means that cannabis is *arbitrarily* declared illegal, and so by extension, any 'enforcement' is similarly arbitrary - which means under 'normal' human-rights law, not 'merely' arbitrary but illegal, not to mention undemocratic, unethical, immoral etc., etc..<br /><br />See, for example, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights" rel="nofollow">Universal Declaration of Human Rights</a>.<br /><br />Any and all victims of anti-marijuana laws should be instantly freed and well and fairly recompensed. Both creators and enforcers of anti-marijuana laws are breaching human rights - and they themselves should be brought to justice. Lock 'em up, and throw away the keys!<br /><br />Another boo! Hiss!<br /> IDHolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952349876651823852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723595150423976130.post-32790464286999654932009-11-03T14:08:06.138+01:002009-11-03T14:08:06.138+01:00I just read Professor Nutt's report, the one t...I just read Professor Nutt's report, the one that so offended the British government. This passage sums up why MPs make such stupid decisions:<br /><br />MP: ‘You can’t compare harms from a legal activity with an illegal one.’<br />Professor Nutt: ‘Why not?’<br />MP: ‘Because one’s illegal.’<br />Professor Nutt: ‘Why is it illegal?’<br />MP: ‘Because it’s harmful.’<br />Professor Nutt: ‘Don’t we need to compare harms to determine if it should be illegal?’<br />MP: ‘You can’t compare harms from a legal activity with an illegal one.’<br />repeats …orana gelarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467188183913008276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723595150423976130.post-78211004677423968222009-11-03T13:58:13.107+01:002009-11-03T13:58:13.107+01:00The big issue here isn't about people using ca...The big issue here isn't about people using cannabis, it's about our governments not using science to inform policy. That a scientist should be sacked by a government for simply asking that policy in an area be based on science and fact rather than prejudice and politics is most disturbing. What next? Governments dismissing the science that suggests we better act fast to save our planet?orana gelarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467188183913008276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7723595150423976130.post-40196427514455949252009-11-03T13:41:35.423+01:002009-11-03T13:41:35.423+01:00Sacked by the government for saying what he, as a ...Sacked by the government for saying what he, as a scientist studying the issue closely, considers to be true! That's outrageous. It's dangerous. It's anti-democratic.orana gelarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467188183913008276noreply@blogger.com