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Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by standardUser on Sunday July 09, 2023 @03:19PM (#36657913)
'People high on crack are unpredictable."

Do you believe your own propaganda? That's the most simplistic, nonsensical, DARE-level logic I have seen in this comment thread yet.

Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by gretch on Monday July 10, 2023 @04:41AM (#36663592)
Yeah I absolutely believe it. If you were riding a public bus, and you had the option of sitting next to 1) a person on crack or 2) a person not on crack, which do you choose?

Also, how about you present a counter position to the argument? Otherwise next time just type “u r dumb” and save yourself a couple of characters in typing.

Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by isaacremuant on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @07:43PM (#36688664)
Ban alcohol then, because I'd rather sit next to sober people than those who aren't.

Ban videogames too. And walking around with hockey sticks.

What a absurdly basic argument. And you thought it was poignant?

Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by gretch on Friday July 14, 2023 @07:24AM (#36722330)
Believe it or not if you go out in the street and talk to real people, you are going to find that the vast majority of them find (playing video games) to be in a significantly different category than (smoking crack). You don’t have to believe me about it. Just speak with your neighbors and conduct your own poll.

Btw, yes, public intoxication is against the law in many places in the world. Pretty standard rule.

Re:Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now ha... by isaacremuant on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:28PM (#36726218)
I probably go out in the world and talk to more real people than you, hence I don't have to make a poor argument.

My neighbours also are not particularly relevant to form a good argument. If my neighbours are all staunch believers in some deity, doesn't mean it's a good argument to believe in one.

> Btw, yes, public intoxication is against the law in many places in the world. Pretty standard rule.

So is homosexuality. Doesn't mean it's a positive thing or that it solves the problem it's supposed to solve for society. Unless you just want the "ugly people out of your way", in which case killing them could also work, but you probably would have some argument against that, but prison seems fine, right?