Hypocrisy Knows No Boundaries

A local lawyer on Norml's legal committee that told me a few years ago that we basically just had to wait until people with money started to catch on that weed can be a very lucrative business and we would see the tide turn very quickly

He called that one

I've also read about how this has been problematic for small time growers who are being forced out of business by the proverbial amazons and wal marts of the weed world

 

Not to be rude, but what do you want us to do? Be amazed that politicians waiver and switch on issues?

That's been going on since human beings first organized politically.

 

Politicians are no different than the people who elect them.

 

You hit that nail on the head. Can't be angry at the politicians for simply being good at the game we created

 

Whats wrong with changing your mind?

Being ideologues, it makes sense leftists are averted to it.

 

"leftists" ?

 

Also a great example of the right doing what leftists like and leftists STILL complaining about the right.

You guys are never ending entertainment with your mental gymnastics.

 

There are still many politicians whose views don't align with marijuana reform though. Jeff Sessions recently went against pot as we can all probably remember.

 

You keep pointing at the left and laughing, machinist.

 

Hey, they're supposed to represent them! Now they represent the average joe adequately where it comes to hypocritical opportunism and its still not good..

I disagree with this. We can be angry, critical and judgemental about any malpractices of our politicians who supposedly chose their function for the right reason. Otherwise we would all live in a corrupt 'shithole country'.

Nothing by definition of course. But it depends on the details. Motives and having a spine matter. Money matters too. But in this particular instance it seems a case of big money again. When big money makes people with long held principles *cough cough* flip like a pancake you should be wary. Well, not you of course, as you don't seem to care about all that

This sentence probably only makes sense to you. I hope for your sake it was just an attempt at humor again. At least then you would only be 'comically impaired'

 

They only involve themselves in such practices because they, like us all, are tuned into the societal ideals of bigger is better, only I matter, more is never less, & power is right in all situations. We bought this global society with strife, blood, sweat, & tears. No one's bothered to stop & look for better alternatives. We deserve the corrupt politicians, mass murderers, gangs, etc. Greed is the marching tune history stomps to......

 

As you sit in the library at the computer provided to you by the society you resent and are ungrateful for.

 

Lets talk about hypocrisy...

 

Meh.

Look at other countries.

I think a significant amount of people get into politics for the proper reasons (and no, machinist: its not limited to one political side ). They often get corrupted and/or numbed down later because of power, money, the hopelessness of 'the game', etc. etc.

 

I use the technology society has so that I might enjoy myself once in awhile. Never said I wasn't occasionally greedy too. What part of that statement gave you the idea I resent or am otherwise offended by society? I hate the ideals we've made addendums onto the contract of society. I still believe democracy can work just not with our current way of doing things

 

Seems to me it already is working.