http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...5-years-on-pot-gun-charges/?intcmp=latestnews
Man gets 55 years in federal prison.......
Man gets 55 years in federal prison.......
Obama asked to release music producer serving 55 years on pot and gun charges.
Dealing drugs? 55 years?
I see no problem.
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I feel he should have been summarily executed for dealing drugs.
And that's a power you are content to allow the government?
I am in a sharing mood tonight, so I will elaborate my view. Back when I was a right wing conservative, I believed in the death penalty. Damn right, we should execute the bad guys! They hurt people, and by God, they need to be punished! *slams fist on table*
But...what we are talking about here is giving the government, the United States of ****** Up Government, the ability to put a sliding scale of value on human life. The same government that spies on us, lies to us, and can't build a functional website with several million dollars at its disposal? The same government that routinely convicts INNOCENT, non-violent, and first time offenders alike, as well as having a documented history of racially prejudiced prosecution and the mentally ill? The same government involved in Operation Fast and Furious, Solyndra, Benghazi, Libya, drug trafficking and torture, and you want to allow them the power to execute one of its own citizens?
If you bitch about the government infringing upon your numerical rights, but still want to allow them the power to execute someone, then you need to stop bitching and start evaluating. Is human life sacred or not? Or is some life more valuable than others? Either way, is that a decision you want in the hands of powerful, unaccountable people with a long, torrid history of corruption?
Am I defending drug dealers? NO. Their clients make a choice that leads to addiction, self harm and possibly death, but that is what free well, self autonomy, what CHOICE, is all about. Does a drug dealer deserve to lose his/her life just because you find it wrong that someone voluntarily sought out the dealer for business?
Drug addiction is tragic, and there are many who are preyed upon by dealers, or circumstances, or upbringing. But is execution the best solution you can come up with? Does anyone believe murdering every drug dealer is going to stop addicts from finding any other substance to abuse? By blaming the dealer, you are removing personal responsibility from the individual.
I feel he should have been summarily executed for dealing drugs.
And that's a power you are content to allow the government?
I am in a sharing mood tonight, so I will elaborate my view. Back when I was a right wing conservative, I believed in the death penalty. Damn right, we should execute the bad guys! They hurt people, and by God, they need to be punished! *slams fist on table*
But...what we are talking about here is giving the government, the United States of ****** Up Government, the ability to put a sliding scale of value on human life. The same government that spies on us, lies to us, and can't build a functional website with several million dollars at its disposal? The same government that routinely convicts INNOCENT, non-violent, and first time offenders alike, as well as having a documented history of racially prejudiced prosecution and the mentally ill? The same government involved in Operation Fast and Furious, Solyndra, Benghazi, Libya, drug trafficking and torture, and you want to allow them the power to execute one of its own citizens?
If you bitch about the government infringing upon your numerical rights, but still want to allow them the power to execute someone, then you need to stop bitching and start evaluating. Is human life sacred or not? Or is some life more valuable than others? Either way, is that a decision you want in the hands of powerful, unaccountable people with a long, torrid history of corruption?
Am I defending drug dealers? NO. Their clients make a choice that leads to addiction, self harm and possibly death, but that is what free well, self autonomy, what CHOICE, is all about. Does a drug dealer deserve to lose his/her life just because you find it wrong that someone voluntarily sought out the dealer for business?
Drug addiction is tragic, and there are many who are preyed upon by dealers, or circumstances, or upbringing. But is execution the best solution you can come up with? Does anyone believe murdering every drug dealer is going to stop addicts from finding any other substance to abuse? By blaming the dealer, you are removing personal responsibility from the individual.
How about freedom ? Liberty ? Lack of constitutional authority by the federal government ?
Also, most of those years came from merely possessing legally owned guns while selling marijuana.
Maybe you can explain why you feel a man should spend his entire adult life in a cage for this.
I feel he should have gotten 0 time for the gun possession.
I feel he should have been summarily executed for dealing drugs.
55 years should be a good middle ground, in his opinion.
This thread is not about weed, but about the dude who got shafted by Da Man.