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Originally Posted by B767drvr
I've just never felt the need to lord over people. Why not let people make their own decisions in life about what's in their best interest, or even what's perhaps not in their best interest?
Perhaps not you… but why do some feel so superior that they know what's best for the rest of us? These same people (with this lord mindset) outlaw sodas of a quantity larger than "they" determine responsible. It's a continual infringement on an individual's right to live his or her life as he/she sees fit (as long as those individual choices do not impact or endanger others.)
There's very little healthy about a hamburger. Should they also be outlawed? What's healthy about alcohol or cigarettes? Should they also be outlawed by those who "know more"?
I haven't smoked pot (for the record) since college… many decades ago. I am for individual rights and free choice and see a continual erosion by "lords" who believe they know what's best for everyone.
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I don't feel that Rubicon lords over anybody. He has always been sincere and honest in his posts about his own beliefs.
I certainly don't know what the outcome will be, but I really doubt there are THAT many seizure prone babies who will benefit from legal marijuana. If a child is having that many seizures, the brain damage is done, and mercifully the extract from the marijuana plant will stop the seizures so their parents do not have to see them in that state. I think that those kinds of examples are overused sometimes for other purposes. But I can't prove that.
I would like to say that I used alcohol too for many years. I don't anymore. Not for religious reasons. I like being in full control of myself. It is much calmer for me to know what I am doing at all times and gives me more peace of mind. I don't dictate what others should do.
My father and grandfather were brewmasters and they told tails about prohibition. I hope I am not one of those ladies. I don't like to be seen by anyone even myself as holier than thou, because I certainly am not.