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I know I'm stating the obvious here, but, with a few exceptions, posters here are in favor of legalization. However, the posters here are certainly not a representative cross section of society. (Most came here for the titty boards, after all.) I know far too many soccer-mom types that would not and could not bear such a thing, and likely would not listen to, nor likely comprehend logical arguments for legalization. This gets to the root of this debate. They are the majority, and as long as that is the case, no politician is going to stand up and of his free will sponsor a bill to change the laws in place that forbid marijuana, prostitution, sodomy, gay marriage, or anything else that would not be appreciated by those same soccer-moms. Until the political climate is such that someone wanting to change these laws would be brave, and not foolish, I doubt that any discussion of these issues is "ripe."
Coincidently, this post could also go on the thread about what views of yours have changed, found in politics. My feelings on these type of issues have changed, but I think that a more permissive view is actually more philosophically conservative.
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