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Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by president on Monday July 19, 2021 @02:41PM (#27885933)
Allowing drugs and other vices for the sake of economic prosperity is sad and goes against progress for humanity. I live next door to someone that smokes non-stop everyday and the second-hand smoke pisses me off to no end.
Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by rfd4sgmk8u on Monday July 19, 2021 @03:03PM (#27886157)
"Something irritates me so I want the irritant taken away and locked in a cage". Your vision of the world is clouded by your own hate. As you are someone who conflates a plant with 'drugs', I strongly recommend you spend some time to understand the issues, understand the really nasty history behind prohibition.

Stop and think about how your attitude is trapping humanity in a box. Live a little. Be open to change. Understand others perspective.

Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by edmundsauto on Monday July 19, 2021 @04:52PM (#27887128)
All the same, they should not be subjected to the smell of smoke from their neighbors house.
Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by JohnFen on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:39PM (#27888523)
I should not be subjected to the smell of my neighbor's cooking, but here we are.

An important part of living in a civilized world is to put up with the merely annoying stuff our neighbors do. After all, the odds are good that you and I do at least one thing that annoys our neighbors as well.

Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by echlebek on Monday July 19, 2021 @05:43PM (#27887590)
Would you stop BBQing if your neighbour complained about it?
Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by edmundsauto on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:04PM (#27887798)
That's an interesting question. If someone had a smoker running all day, everyday, and it was an annoyance to neighbors - yes, I think there should be recourse.

One person shouldn't be allowed to harm other people's enjoyment of their property.

Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by rfd4sgmk8u on Monday July 19, 2021 @06:43PM (#27888129)
As someone who was vegan/vegetarian for many years, the smell of bbq used to make me ill. (I only eat meat now).

Only a self absorbed busybody loser jerk with nothing better to do would complain about the neighbors bbq'ing. 'get a life'.

Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by smabie on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:35PM (#27888504)
Really? Someone shouldn't be able to smoke in their own house/property?
Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by klyrs on Monday July 19, 2021 @03:37PM (#27886482)
Different folks have different motivations.

Capitalists want to legalize for profit.

SJWs want to legalize to reduce the prison population.

Libertarians want to legalize because one should be free to choose what they do with their bodies.

Users want to legalize because they don't want to deal with the risk, and prefer above-board retail.

Your characterization of smoking as a "vice" is your personal belief, and personally speaking, I see forcing that belief on others as a vice.

Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by version_five on Monday July 19, 2021 @05:56PM (#27887705)
You're missing that legalization breaks criminal monopolies, let's people get help more easily if they need it, and removed a mechanism where law enforcement can basically make someone or some group they don't like a criminal, by making illegal something that most people do.
Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by smabie on Monday July 19, 2021 @07:34PM (#27888497)
Actually I think restricting what adults can do to their own bodies goes against "progress for humanity."
Re:Surgeon general: No 'value' to locking people up over mar... by Karsteski on Monday July 19, 2021 @03:59PM (#27886684)
So you would prefer people be locked in cells for what they do to their own bodies? How far would you like to take this line of thinking, for the "progress of humanity"?