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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
PsYcNeT,
I haven't seen you mention the drugs yet, but is it safe to assume that you also despise the fact that things like /r/trees exist to glorify drug culture? That would be the same drug culture that supports so many terrible things in our society.
A quick Google search of 'something awful drugs' brings up the very first hit as a posting on SA asking for help passing a drug test. How can you possibly be against one website that fosters an environment that allows people to break one law while wholly supporting a second website that helps people break different laws? Have you decided that drug use and the gangs that profit from it are less harmful to society than the pedophiles? Do you really not have any idea of the terrible things that drugs and gangs do to children?
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Ignoring the fact that you are moving the goalposts of the topic, anyone with half a brain can see that there are degrees of laws (including lawmakers themselves). Gray areas exist.
I believe our drug laws perpetuate gangs, organized crime, and put an inordinate amount of money and power into the hands of unsavoury individuals. Drug prohibition is a grand failure, and despite never having touched hard or synthetic drugs in my life, I do believe they should be regulated by the government and distributed to users via controlled channels, outside of the criminal element.