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Why the heck didn't Susan dump Russell the minute she saw him with drugs

posted 14 years ago by sun78
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Seriously, why the heck would a woman, who owns her own home, has two children, want to date a man who smokes pot and deals drugs. I'm sorry she got time in prison. I think it was bull crap what happened to her. But she could have totally prevented it if she had just dropped the guy and told him to never ever come around her or her children again or she'd call the cops. Or she could have even turned him in. When he came to the hospital, she should have just told him loud and clear to stay the heck away from her with no remorse.

[–] Catnip86 14 years ago

Exactly. I really feel no sympathy for anyone that causes their own situation. If I was dating someone, and saw them with drugs, (even just the "casual pot smoker") I would dump him immediately.

And she did know that he was dealing, at least to a certain extent. And still chose to not turn him in.

[–] Catnip86 13 years ago

I did not feel bad for her at all. Like the movie said, she benefited from the drug dealing, even if she did not ask him to pay the bills for her. She knew what he was doing, and continued the relationship anyway. Was it fair that she got a heavier sentence than him? No. But it is also not fair to the person that gets beaten down/shot/stabbed/etc by some thug looking to get drug money either. So my message to her: Suck it up! You brought it all on yourself.

[–] Barbiegirl676 12 years ago

Why? Because a substaintial amount of the population now agrees that pot should be legalized/decriminalized. If everyone that knew someone who smoked pot/sold occasionally turned them in, nearly all of us would be in the court room at some point or another. In fact, I'm suprised you posted this in 2010.

In 2002, when this movie premiered, pot acceptance was much less. But in the last 10 years, more and more people are accepting of this drug that does not cause overdoses, relieves many nearly impossible-to-treat medical issues (such as nausea and pain during cancer and glaucoma), and is naturally occuring in nature (and thus is not manufactured like (some) alcohol, meth, and other heavy drugs).

Some interesting (and fact-based) studies for you to peruse: http://www.theweedblog.com/top-10-marijuana-studies-the-government-wished-it-had-never-funded/. Enjoy :)

[–] SSteveL 9 years ago

[...] she could have totally prevented it if she had just dropped the guy and told him to never ever come around her or her children again or she'd call the cops. [...] When he came to the hospital, she should have just told him loud and clear to stay the heck away from her with no remorse.

She did tell him to stay away. She was right for not involving the police; to see why (apart from the obvious point that normal adults don't need the state to manage their relationships), read the writings of William Grigg on police brutality in the U.S. at http://freedominourtime.blogspot.ca/.

Would you have called the police on your love if he/she sold booze while alcohol was legally prohibited (as it was in North America 80 years ago)? In other words, are you a toady to power--ready to subject your loved ones to violence merely because the government of the day has decided that a certain substance is verboten? If/when pot becomes legal, will you take matters into your own hands and lock pot smokers in your basement or will you decide that morality itself has magically changed and that violence should not be inflicted on adults who indulge in marijuana?
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