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5 Years for Passing a Joint: Stop this Bill Now | 93 comments (93 topical)
Re: 5 Years for Passing a Joint: Stop this Bill No (none / 0) (#75)
by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Apr 16, 2005 at 01:26:28 PM EST
The best part is the provision about parents facing jail unless they report their kids and assist in the prosecution. (Actually, I find much of the above digest of the bill's provisions to be so outrageous as to wonder if this could possibly be correct... haven't yet checked the source of this info so it may be, but for the moment I'm skeptical.) Anyway, here's what to do about it if it is indeed accurate: put liberal billionaires' bucks to practical use-- hire an army of private investigators to continually monitor the social activities of republican politicians' teenage and young adult children. Tip off the police and press whenever a prosecutable offense occurs. Publicly force the parents to participate in sending their offspring to federal prison. These laws will be repealed immediately. Gotta make it truly personal; then you get results. And this is true of virtually any and every political cause. Politicians, especially republicans, are motivated purely by self-interest. When they understand that they themselves will be held personally responsible for the consequences of their actions, they will be a bit more circumspect in regard to what they do. (In essence, this is Tom DeLay's argument from the other side, except in that the left doesn't encourage or condone violence as does the right. Thus we can continue to occupy the moral high ground whilst ruining the lives of the opposition and enjoying the fruits of ironic vengeance.) Emotional ramifications aside however, this really is the way to get things done-- make it personal and it forces them to pay attention...

5 Years for Passing a Joint: Stop this Bill Now | 93 comments (93 topical)

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