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Re:U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encr... by dns_snek on Monday July 24, 2023 @05:18AM (#36844995)
> But if the only people asking for their legalization are idiots who keep considering their consumption innocent, while funding the author of heinous crimes, then I don't expect a very interesting discussion.

They are only incidentally supporting organized crime because the market has been pushed underground by draconian legislation. The current legal status of various substances is an extremely recent invention, it might as well been yesterday in terms of human history of drug use.

Users of these substances are temporarily routing around a roadblock during a brief period of human history where the nanny state is interfering with these personal choices. Claiming that they're willfully funding organized crime is disingenuous at best.

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Re:U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encr... by pif on Monday July 24, 2023 @05:30AM (#36845076)
> draconian legislation

When it does not infringe a human right, and most people can follow it, a law cannot be considered draconian.

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Re:U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encr... by isaacremuant on Monday July 24, 2023 @07:10AM (#36845961)
You just invented your own definition of draconian.

> excessively harsh and severe

It's about severity, which you can debate. It's not about human rights or being followed.

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Re:U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encr... by pif on Monday July 24, 2023 @07:42AM (#36846285)
@isaacremuant

There is no excessive severity in a law that most people can follow while leaving a full life.

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Re:U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encr... by dns_snek on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:47AM (#36848928)
Please define "a full life" and explain why you believe that everyone else should live their lives according to your definition.
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Re:U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encr... by isaacremuant on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @01:04PM (#36865581)
That's your, rather vaguely stated, opinion.

We don't share it.

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