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Really? You think that a nation whose prison population is heavily weighted by people guilty of the victimless crime of drug possession is one that is overly concerned with justice?
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i wasn't arguing over whether drug possession is legal or not filtherton, i was talking about the process of justice (gathering evidence, consulting previous related cases etc...). whether drug possession's criminal status is just or not is a discussion for another thread, another time.
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Is there anyone who actually believes that opportunity and success are doled out indiscriminately in the US?
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uh yeah i'm pretty sure everyone who collects welfare is glad that the people who are very successful are being taxed so that they, the welfare collectors, are included in getting a slice of the money pie.
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Even if the idea didn't defy decades worth of descriptive statistics, the most cursory thought experiment would reveal why the idealized notion of equality peddled in 9th grade civics textbooks is unattainable.
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i'm not talking about communism dude, i'm talking about tightening (not to be confused with closing) the gap between the rich and the poor, the elite and the disenfranchised, coke and pepsi drinkers alike!
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See admitted crimes of previous administration.
Also, most folks support the rule of law only when it comes to laws that don't adversely affect them. I don't think you'll find much support for the rule of law on the freeway, where typical speeds routinely exceed the legal speed limit. This is a microcosm of the average person's respect for the rule of law: laws are difficult to pay attention to if they aren't displayed in front of a backdrop of significant consequences.
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last i checked, speeding tickets are still issued by the hundreds of thousands every year. i dont know where you drive, but in rural south dakota, where the cops are very very very far and few in between, people dont drive more than 5 over the speed limit. maybe the problem isnt with the laws, but with the people who are breaking them