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roachboy · 10-25-2006, 10:09 AM

i dont see the issue here.
legalize marijuana....why not? i have never seen a single coherent argument against doing so and i certainly havent in this thread.

most of what i would say has already been said, so i'lllimit myself to a couple remarks:

i have been around alot more university-aged students than ustwo has, and this in the past decade...
if you--or anyone---thinks that marijuana use amongst college-aged kids is problematic--particularly when it is compared with alcohol----i would then respectfully submit that you do not know what you are talking about.

the "winners at life" vs. "alfred e. newman" dichotomy that ustwo has repeated and apparently is sticking to is so thoroughly stupid that i have to assume that he wrote the initial post over his third highball, thought it witty at the time, and now repeats it just to yank the chain of those who would be offended by it.

all this is predictable enough--but what made me laugh, however, was the extension of the "winners at life" vs. "losers" to "winners at life" vs. artists----and the argument (implicitur) that artists can be stoners because they require "an entirely different skill set"....

i would be curious for a bit more of an explanation of what, if anything, was meant by that.

10-25-2006, 10:09 AM	#43 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	i dont see the issue here. legalize marijuana....why not? i have never seen a single coherent argument against doing so and i certainly havent in this thread. most of what i would say has already been said, so i'lllimit myself to a couple remarks: i have been around alot more university-aged students than ustwo has, and this in the past decade... if you--or anyone---thinks that marijuana use amongst college-aged kids is problematic--particularly when it is compared with alcohol----i would then respectfully submit that you do not know what you are talking about. the "winners at life" vs. "alfred e. newman" dichotomy that ustwo has repeated and apparently is sticking to is so thoroughly stupid that i have to assume that he wrote the initial post over his third highball, thought it witty at the time, and now repeats it just to yank the chain of those who would be offended by it. all this is predictable enough--but what made me laugh, however, was the extension of the "winners at life" vs. "losers" to "winners at life" vs. artists----and the argument (implicitur) that artists can be stoners because they require "an entirely different skill set".... i would be curious for a bit more of an explanation of what, if anything, was meant by that. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 10-25-2006 at 10:12 AM..