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Old 09-05-2008, 03:33 PM   #100
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Originally Posted by kevman View Post
I don't know why but for some reason when ever someone brings up legalizing marijuana as an election issue I feel they immediately lose all credibility...

That was cool in High School to joke about but let's be serious there are a lot of other more pressing issues that face Canadians than a few pot smokers and their would be tax income.
Ya I don't know why you feel that way either. Because it's a very ignorant position.

The italicized part is a short term/long term fallacy by the way (a subset of the excluded middle/false dichotomy fallacy).
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