Should they legalise...

[Dreamer128]

Well?

[Lord]

I didn't really know what's considered a 'soft drug'...

[Xen]

No,no,no and no.

[Grojlach]

I don't really see a link between communism and hate-mongering, but I reckon you simply put that one on par with fascist parties to appease *cough* certain people... In a way, they may promote "hate" against large companies and capitalism, but I don't think you should put it on par that easily with fascism - there are some substantial differences between the two. And spare me any history lessons regarding communism put into practice, there's not that much wrong with the ideology itself - That it simply doesn't work in practice is no reason to ban any communist parties by default. They can ban any political parties that use extreme and violent measures to "make a point" if it's up to me though, whether left or right, as well as those promoting hate against others who aren't judged in such a hateful manner because of something they did to actually deserve such an ill treatment, but merely by their cultural background or beliefs.


And Lord, soft drugs are drugs like weed and marihuana - and despite popular misunderstanding, aren't as addictive as, say, cigarettes. I don't believe it has ever even been proven that marihuana is addictive, but I'm sure every opposer has their own context-ripped anecdotes and pseudo-scientific researches ready to disprove my words. Whatever.

Anyways, being in the happy circumstances to live in the progressive nation of the Netherlands, I'm glad #1 and #3 are already legalised over here, mostly to (attempt to) keep it out of the hands of criminal organisations and under governmental control. Pity it only complicates matters for countries with stricter drugs laws, as our country is in result a relatively large exporter of drugs to the rest of the world. Ah well. "Our" system works relatively well, just not in combination with those of other countries.

And I'm opposed to gun ownership, but that's not that much of a surprise, I suppose.

[ 02-21-2004, 03:21 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

[Ilander]

Yup, I'm a conervative liberal...but that automatically equals beign a conservative around liberals and a liberal around conservatives...though I'm neither...oh well. Sometimes it seems like there are no moderates in the backwater parts of the US...

[Illumina Drathiran'ar]

Prostitution will always be there. Legalize it and have 'em in the yellow pages. Make them get checkups like they do in England... It's the oldest profession, and it's not going anywhere. People need to accept that.

[Dreamer128]

Originally posted by Grojlach: I don't really see a link between communism and hate-mongering, but I reckon you simply put that one on par with fascist parties to appease *cough* certain people...

You're right. I did put it in to appease 'certain people'. I wonder if this'll put me on the black list of the communist parties

[Blind_Prophet]

I don't really have an opinion on prostitution, and I don't see a problem with legalizing drugs like Pot, Acid, or shrooms but thats just me if people are doing them and not causing trouble or harming anyone else I don't see a problem with it. But as for gun ownership I feel it should be WAY HARDER to buy a gun and ammunition.

[Link]

I was surprised to see how many people voted against Soft Drugs because they were 'addictive'. Have you tried them yourself, or are you just speaking generally because you got that idea from someone or something?

[Grojlach]

Originally posted by Link: I was surprised to see how many people voted against Soft Drugs because they were 'addictive'. Have you tried them yourself, or are you just speaking generally because you got that idea from someone or something?

Perhaps the term "soft drugs" isn't as current in other countries as it is in the Netherlands, and people automatically generalise it mentally to include any kind of drugs? Not sure.