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Originally Posted by Hypocrite
(YOUR ( haha did i get it right) grammar is amazing BTW, sorry mine is shit)
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My grammer was indeed an amazing woman. On the serious side, I have also enjoyed our debate. I hope you realise I understand your position. Also, point well taken: I tend to argue from an almost anarchocapitalist or anarcholibertarian viewpoint but at the end of the day must concede that a great many people ARE sheep and quite enjoy being so. (So much less pressure than making your own decisions and taking responsibility for them.)
My fear is that unless some indisputably omniscient and supreme being deigns to come down from on high to provide the appropriate level of guidance for each person's own personal responsibility quotient, many government interventions are going to ultimately be carried out by *other* highly falliable human beings.
So there will be bright spots (the almost miraculous improvement of the lives and longevity of the common man ushered in by rule of law and free markets) and the downsides (the Holocost, etc. etc. ad infinitum) All we can do is continue to make our meager contributions and muddle through.
Rest assured that when talking to folks who are skeptical of even marijuana reform, my lead argument is not "legalize crack!" - so we're more on the same page than this debate might otherwise suggest.
Also: Lawyer joke: Did you hear they've started using lawyers instead of rats in laboratory experiments? Three reasons: 1) There are more lawyers. 2) The lab technicians don't get as attached to them, and 3) Frankly, there are some things even a rat won't do. (Via my sister who is a lawyer)