It's unfortunate that Austin, such a creative and progressive city, is surrounded by the rest of Texas.
Please unpack this for us foreigners who don't get the reference immediately.
Geohot Arrested for Marijuana Possession En Route to SXSW
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#32What will this look like 20 years from now when marijuana is decriminalised? I always wonder that when seeing these sad stories. How will our future selves view the ignorance of the past in regards to drug laws? Even 5 years ago I never thought gay marriage had a chance in America. But now it seems like just a matter of time and entirely obvious. There will come a tipping point with drugs laws in America where mariju…
I think it will look exactly like it does now: like a brutal and dysfunctional police state violating the privacy and dignity of its citizens and locking them in cages for trivial offenses that harm nobody.
P.S. My mom told me in the 90s that they had these same conversations in the 70s. A 20 year time frame may be optimistic...
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#33This iClarified link is a summary of a much longer article from Above the Law that seems to be the commom source of all current stories (which also means this really should be considered uncorroborated).
http://abovethelaw.com/2012/03/famed-hacker-arrested-for-pot...
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#34What will this look like 20 years from now when marijuana is decriminalised? I always wonder that when seeing these sad stories. How will our future selves view the ignorance of the past in regards to drug laws? Even 5 years ago I never thought gay marriage had a chance in America. But now it seems like just a matter of time and entirely obvious. There will come a tipping point with drugs laws in America where mariju…
It likely is not going to take 20 years... at least, for states that aren't Texas. My state (Washington) is the front-runner to regulate the sale of marijuana in this year. I-502 polled with an 8 point lead last month, with 47% in favor, 39% opposed, and 15% undecided. [1] Of course, the initiative in California polled well last year and still failed, but this is almost certainly going to pass in less than twenty yea…
I worked in Reno when Nevada became the first state in the Union to put a measure on the ballot legalizing recreational marijuana (up to 2 oz.), I think in 2003 or 2004.
It polled above 60% in favor, but when it came time to put down the bong and go vote, it ended up over 60% against.
I think it will definitely pass on the west coast some year soon, but the nation as a whole won't accept that and you will still have these problems when you venture into "the REAL 'muricah".
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#35What will this look like 20 years from now when marijuana is decriminalised? I always wonder that when seeing these sad stories. How will our future selves view the ignorance of the past in regards to drug laws? Even 5 years ago I never thought gay marriage had a chance in America. But now it seems like just a matter of time and entirely obvious. There will come a tipping point with drugs laws in America where mariju…
It likely is not going to take 20 years... at least, for states that aren't Texas. My state (Washington) is the front-runner to regulate the sale of marijuana in this year. I-502 polled with an 8 point lead last month, with 47% in favor, 39% opposed, and 15% undecided. [1] Of course, the initiative in California polled well last year and still failed, but this is almost certainly going to pass in less than twenty yea…
Colorado tried to pass a decriminalization amendment in 2006, and it lost 60-40[1]. However, we have it on the ballot again this year, though I don't know the polling numbers.
[1]http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/CO/I/0...
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#36It's unfortunate that Austin, such a creative and progressive city, is surrounded by the rest of Texas.
Please unpack this for us foreigners who don't get the reference immediately.
Texas, like most southern states, is considered quite conservative on social issues; one might even call them "Christian Conservatives" (including laws regarding possession of illicit material). Austin, however, is considered a liberal bastion (and it's the capital), with many progressive ideas, and a vibrant music scene.
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#37Ruining people's lives for no reason at all. Completely nonsensical, but then again when things like this baffle me I get reminded of humanity's past (and present) - gladiators, slaves, genocide, ritual sacrifice, lynching, witch-hunts, genital mutilation, whatever...and things like this no longer seem so bad in comparison. But I lose significant faith in humanity.
"for no reason at all"
Private prisons gotta have their supply of prisoners. (I think you mean no good reason.)
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#38what a fucking waste of money. don't these law enforcement officials have anything more useful to do?
I do not have anything to say about the morality of Marijuana but I must say that carrying a illegal drug, apparently in a state with a higher chance of getting caught, is an incredibly stupid thing to do.
It is okay to get caught doing such a thing if the person is making a political statement; which in this case is not true. Otherwise, I think either the person should not do it or at least be careful while doing it (for his/her own sake). You might question the morality of an law, but it is expected to still be civil (and law abiding) about it.
Edit: grammar - clarification.
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#39It's unfortunate that Austin, such a creative and progressive city, is surrounded by the rest of Texas.
"If I owned Texs and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell" is how Ben Franklin put it.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have never seen so many cops by the side of the road as I have in Texas...
I wish they'd loan a few to Italy, which could sorely use a few more traffic stops for things like tailgating at 2 meters and flashing the brights to indicate that at 150km/h, you're way too slow and get the fuck out of the way right now god dammit because I've got a bitchin Camaro. I have daydreams about one of those guys with some Texan cop... "sir, d'ya know just how fast you were goin'? Yer gonna have to come dow…
People in Italy drive Camaros? God, I can think of a couple dozen cars I would rather drive in Italy than an American muscle car. Hell, any Alfa Romeo will likely be classier and of a better build quality.