I totally agree, where are all the liberals when you need them? Oh, that's right...they're too busy drinking the poisoned punch of rampant socialism that's served to them on a silver platter of BS! The fact that our beloved US seems to heading in this dangerous direction, thanks to B. Hussein Obama, who wants more government involvement here, scares the living crap outta me!
People...this is what happens in an assbackwards country like Indonesia. If you don't watch your own privileged asses, it will soon be rearing its ugly head in a country near you.
And I can't help but keep coming back to this thought...marijuana is merely a freakin' plant that grows in the ground! It is not mixed with anything, processed in any dangerous lab, or otherwise tainted in any way. It is what it is, one of God's many live wonders which he intended for us to use in positive ways.
Question: How did the presence of this God-given medicinal herb become such a pariah in nearly every society on the planet? Answer: Members of the liberal media first perpetuated hate for this plant in the 1930s and to this day, continue to do so on a worldwide level. Especially when a crime involving weed also happens to concern the lifestyle of an attractive, young girl like Schapelle. It's all about financial gain, strictly and always for moneatry reasons. A story like this reaps tons of revenue for everyone involved except, of course, for herself and her poor family and friends.
Just try to imagine how much financial gain would be realized by third world countries like this if they just legalized what should never have been rendered illegal to begin with. Not only would the tax-burdened citizens of the USA be relieved of relentlessly providing aid to ailing countries that don't deserve our hard-earned money, but America would finally be able to pull its head out of our governmentally controlled and ever-tightening sphincter of a recession if we just opened our eyes to the benefits of this cash crop.
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G_man2
15 years ago
kitten, i love ya!
im against the death penalty, though. there is always the chance for executing an innocent. plus, have you heard the theory that its not applied consistently based on race? i believe this may be true, and should be examined and studied.
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kitten252
15 years ago
While this may have been true several years ago before the advent of DNA testing and other gigantic advances in forensic technology, there is absolutely no chance these days that an innocent person would be facing the death penalty without solid proof beyond reasonable doubt (DNA evidence).
As far as your comment about the death penalty not being applied consistently upon race...you never finished your point. But fortunately for those who are interested in facts, I can quote from the statistics on this: African Americans make up about 13%, give or take, of the United States' population. BUT...the population of U.S. prisons is 65% black. HOWEVER...the EXECUTIONS of WHITE prisoners in this country has risen in the last 30 years from 57% to 79% and the EXECUTIONS of BLACK prisoners in this country has plummeted from 34% to 14%.
But back to the original thread on which this movie is based: People who are caught growing marijuana, a plant in the ground, on average receive a considerably longer prison sentence than someone who assaults and/or rapes a child, robs a bank using a deadly weapon, or murders their own spouse in cold blood.
What do the above statements tell you about our own "justice system" here in the USA? And I reiterate, if you feel the above is outrageous, aggregious *beep* in your own country, how do you think you would be treated in a country like Indonesia? Do not go there!
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