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Originally posted by Chesster
reply to post by dalan.
Ya.. I might of done drugs in my life, and to be honest 100% of all interactions with people was awesome, and chill. No war, fighting none of that. It's just an underground market to get them here. It's funny once they are in the states its nice people selling them for the most part you have to be business savvy to sell drugs, and violence is bad business. But down there it's worth for them to risk it all to just get it across that stupid border. Besides like you said drugs should be legal, what's the worse that can happen? People overdose? And die? Still their choice of how they want to risk dying in my opinion. People should always be free
That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant...
Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
Ok...the risk is little children dying as a result of people being high off their a$$.
Description of The Slippery Slope
The Slippery Slope is a fallacy in which a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event in question. In most cases, there are a series of steps or gradations between one event and the one in question and no reason is given as to why the intervening steps or gradations will simply be bypassed. This "argument" has the following form:
Event X has occurred (or will or might occur).
Therefore event Y will inevitably happen.
This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because there is no reason to believe that one event must inevitably follow from another without an argument for such a claim. This is especially clear in cases in which there is a significant number of steps or gradations between one event and another.
Examples of Slippery Slope:
1. "We have to stop the tuition increase! The next thing you know, they'll be charging $40,000 a semester!"
2. "The US shouldn't get involved militarily in other countries. Once the government sends in a few troops, it will then send in thousands to die."
3. "You can never give anyone a break. If you do, they'll walk all over you."
4. "We haz to keep teh drugs illegal or else all teh childrens will die!!11!!!!
Now, do you care to rescind that stupid statement?
Perhaps a little child in your life needs to be affected for you to STFU and open your eyes.
Originally posted by solarstorm
Ok...the risk is little children dying as a result of people being high off their a$$.
Now, do you care to rescind that stupid statement? Perhaps a little child in your life needs to be affected for you to STFU and open your eyes.edit on 10-5-2011 by solarstorm because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by dalan.
reply to post by WhatIveSeen
Here's hoping that the people turn against the cartels and kick some butt!
The best way to beat the drug cartels would be by legalizing all drugs.
Then honest citizens can become entrepreneurs and start their own businesses.
Eventually, the violent drug lords will be put out of business and will no longer have the funds or influence to terrorize people.
Originally posted by DuceizBack
This is great.
As long as they stay there, and don't come here.
Originally posted by dreamingawake
Good for them! Someones gotta protest because the US Gov doesn't care! The Gov allows the contributing to them. It's all in Mexicos hands now.