Why is IT still ILLEGAL

For thirty odd years I have tried to discern the answer.
The only conclusion I can come to is, this is a leftover idea of the bigguts from the thirties to keep the black man down. And I'm ashamed to admit it, but I am a biggut myself.
If there are as many of us as it appears, why can't we see any changes?
Are there no lawmakers with balls enough to admit the truth?

 

Why is what still illegal? Marijuana?

 

*confused*

 

I know you re probaby more think about marijuana to smoke than hemp to make objects, but here s a quote i liked...

Quote by rangerdanger

 

Drugs, Sex, Thinking for one's self, Disagreeing with the government, spitting on the sidewalk, Quality TV, Free educations for all, Not wearing clothing unless you want to, Open Government there is just too much to pick from I am confused too

 

As many times as I read this, I'm afraid I'm still confused. Perhaps IT is initials.

 

Add anal sex if you're in Maryland.

 

I have always wanted to add a little anal sex in Maryland (grin). That is shameful I did not know that you all still had a sodomy law. We even got rid of ours in Arkansas. I was born in Annapolis and I hate to hear that.

 

I think it's one of those buried and ancient laws that made sense at one point or another but don't in the context of today. It's not like I actually care.

 

Lots of those things aren't illegal. Unless you mean doing them at the same time.

I.T. should be illegal. Not the technology itself, but calling something like the Internet "information technology" is like calling nuclear warheads "nuclear happiness-heads".

 

ITS becuase the united states government is fucked and people arent doing enough to stop it.

 

Perhaps the OP is making a very subtle point. There are a variety of ITs, the illegality of which are puzzling. How we aproach IT, while recongizing IT's illegality, depends little on what IT is.

 

It's still illegal because it's politically expedient. Being "tough on crime" resonates with the population that votes- the good folk that have been programmed by the right wing self righteous bible thumping propaganda machine that feeds itself on among other things, the notion that driving up prison populations makes it look "tough on crime"... that way, Mr. and Mrs. brainwashed middle American can feel a false sense of safety and security when more evil, nasty, and unpatriotic users get packed into penitentiaries that no one wants in their back yard.

It's still illegal because the folks who rely on being in power to secure employment wouldn't dare to appear soft on drug abuse and crime by daring to suggest decriminalizing pot is a sensible policy position... anyone harboring such notions know to keep it to themselves lest they commit career suicide. Just look at the hotly divisive debate where folks are considering making it legal just for medical use!

It's still illegal because a large portion of the voice in favor of it being legal is relying on unrealistic and unsupportable "evidence"- like it has no harmful effects and can never be addictive. A sensible platform for legalization MUST acknowledge that there are not-so-positive risks to long-term use and marijuana like just about everything else can become habit forming.

It's still illegal because the political forces that could otherwise oppose the current "regime" are divided by issues that are unimportant and consistently fail to produce an electable candidate for any office.

 

If you had the right girlfriend or wife you might care (grin) they put some poor fool in jail for getting oral sex from his wife is West Virginia not too many years ago.

 

There are too many reasons why it is still illegal, me list them? Thats impossible.

 

I heard cannabis was illegalised in America because the guy on whose life Orson Welles based Citizen Kane thought it would conflict with the petrochemical industry. I don't know whether that's funny or just really really funny.

 

Many of the very early arguments against drug were anti-Black. The black man was viewed at that time as being very susceptible to "animal rages" that could be set off by the "Devil Weed". Much the same things happened in the anti crack programs but on a far more covert basis.

 

Uhhhh but without the internet no one would know your opinion or mine. What do you see as the down side?

 

I was merely drawing a distinction between opinion and information. And being facetious. I still can't work out what the actual plot of the thread is.

 

This was the first post - all to follow has been speculation on what Hydro meant by their comment.