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Originally Posted by Frequitude
100% correct. I haven't. Because it's just not that important of an issue to me.
It's about important to enough to answer an internet message board poll and respond to people asking for my rationale using clear statements that my response is purely based on opinion.
I must have missed the disclaimer saying that only those with strong opinions on the subject and evidence-based responses would be permitted.
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I guess the point would be, if it came down to a referendum type vote rather than it just being a political party's policy (one which you may not agree with anything else they have), which way would you vote?
If you really don't care, your vote should likely be yes. Because if you don't care, why restrict the people who want it? If you would vote no based on what your opinion is so far, of course the people on the opposite side will try to make you see why you should vote yes.
But if you vote no based on things that multiple studies, and even anecdotal evidence, refutes, than yeah, you're going to get some backlash. It's like the people who deny climate change because it snowed that day. If you have sound reasoning behind why you don't support something, I don't think anyone will be on your case. But if you have no sound reasoning, or don't care enough to look into it, and just throw a vote out either way, you're going to hear about it.
Wanting to legalize it just because you like smoking it is the same thing. It's not a good enough reason.