Seems like a slippery slope to me, and to be clear, I’m not arguing that it shouldn’t be done, but I don’t view governments as moral bodies. For example, let’s say that laws are not being enforced for the sole purpose to get people to demand the government implement martial law. If the goal was control, then the government achieves that goal.
Demanding the federal government to take control of a major city feels a bit like demanding a thief to protect your house while you are away. Is it just me? Isn’t the root of the problem basically caused a lack of consequences for criminal activity and leaders of those cities failing to fulfill their obligations to the citizens?
Sometimes people are forced to join a gang from a young age. It is terrible but it happens. Additionally, some kids and teenagers think it’s cool, and may even get tattoos for that reason. My line of questioning would be:
1) When did he join ms13?
2) Under what circumstances did he join ms13 assuming he was technically in that gang?
3) Was he an active member of ms13 when it was declared a terrorist organization?
4) Was he participating in American society, despite a troubled past?
5) What do his friends, family, coworkers have to say about him?
If Americans have no compassion, then we will become the monster that we so desperately want to protect ourselves from. I’m not saying to allow in all gang members, but when tearing a family apart, digging into context to make the most appropriate moral decision shouldn’t be an after thought.
That’s very true, most people do experiment because the itch never gets scratched. My friend has as perfect of a life as you can have, but suffers with ptsd from a deployment. The cannabis helped him sleep because it turned the dreams off. He said that it also help him realize that the only thing he needed was to recalibrate his thoughts. He described it as running his thoughts down the barrel of a rifle, like a bullet, and the rifling inside the barrel were his values, things like family, friends, love, integrity, etc. the bullet was the thought and along the way is imprinted with his values. If it was a worthy thought, it hit the target, if not it dissolved. From there he stopped using it. He said the dreams came back, but he had the high ground now.
I agree with you that mj is addictive, but it sounds like you have a dopamine problem. “Tried every Vice on this planet” seems like a big red flag. My best friend was a nightly user and just decided to quit one day. He tells me that he misses it on some days but would rather keep it out of his system than use it again.
@Timcast What took them so long? What is taking all of the states so long? How is it possible that our foods are poison to begin with? Who will be held accountable?