The Pitfalls of Getting High Legally

Started by Solar, December 08, 2012, 01:39:23 PM

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BILLY Defiant

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Quote from: redlom xof on December 12, 2012, 09:06:47 PM
Billy have you ever tried weed ? Or alcohol ?

As for your post, the only thing that I could grasp from it and agree with is that people shouldn't be drunk/high at work, especially if it is a health and safety issue. The rest of the post I have no idea what you are crapping on about.

I still don't understand how that then gets translated into government banning anyone from ever using these products.

So you agree with my original post...thanks

And yes I tried weed once or twice as a young serviceman in Vietnam.
Did nothing for me other than making my mouth feel like the chinese army marched through it barefoot.

Of course I tried alcohol and got drunk a few times. I no longer drink, other than the occasional glass of wine with a meal. I  haven't drank or smoked or used any kind of recreational drugs for several decades.

Thats why I'm so healthy at my age.... :wink:
Evil operates best when it is disguised for what it truly is.

redlom xof

Billy most people would agree with you on the work issue.

As for your weed/alcohol history, that's good. It's good that you're healthy and what not. I have no problem with that, obviously. I just don't see why you have a problem with other people doing it.

If I'm going to smoke a joint in my backyard, it will not impact on you or your family. Obviously if I do it at work or while driving etc, it could and the government should be involved.

Conclusion, let people do what they want unless it impacts on others.
"Christians are expected to pacify angry Muslims, Communist brats and homosexual radicals and Mexicans who convinced themselves that they own our land. That tells me the Christians are the better people among brutal and violent beasts."  Yawn - 15th May, 2013

BILLY Defiant

Quote from: redlom xof on December 12, 2012, 09:28:29 PM
Billy most people would agree with you on the work issue.

As for your weed/alcohol history, that's good. It's good that you're healthy and what not. I have no problem with that, obviously. I just don't see why you have a problem with other people doing it.

If I'm going to smoke a joint in my backyard, it will not impact on you or your family. Obviously if I do it at work or while driving etc, it could and the government should be involved.

Conclusion, let people do what they want unless it impacts on others.

That's the point of this whole thread...what you do when on your own time CAN AFFECT others in the work place if you come in stoned, drunk or hung over. That is why it is an issue for the business owner.

Since you agree with me on this issue then by the "Logic" which Darth Fife dispells I, and now you are a Nazi, a Khmer rouge murderer or Josef Stalin.

Thats the point where you jumped in making issues over "Logic".

Go figure

:popcorn:

Evil operates best when it is disguised for what it truly is.

hfishjr81

Quote from: BILLY Defiant on December 13, 2012, 03:18:06 PM
That's the point of this whole thread...what you do when on your own time CAN AFFECT others in the work place if you come in stoned, drunk or hung over. That is why it is an issue for the business owner.

Since you agree with me on this issue then by the "Logic" which Darth Fife dispells I, and now you are a Nazi, a Khmer rouge murderer or Josef Stalin.

Thats the point where you jumped in making issues over "Logic".

Go figure

:popcorn:



Going into work inebriated shouldn't be allowed, but legal drinks, or buds, that people partake outside of work, shouldn't be any business of the business owner.  Legal is legal.   
"According to Gallup, 68 percent of Americans want corporations to have less influence in America."

Darth Fife

Quote from: hfishjr81 on December 13, 2012, 03:51:29 PM


Going into work inebriated shouldn't be allowed, but legal drinks, or buds, that people partake outside of work, shouldn't be any business of the business owner.  Legal is legal.

You'll have to forgive old Billy Boy, he's got a wild hair up his butt about this whole pot thing. It makes him kind of crazy when people point out the obvious hyprorcacy of his position.

For the record, I never said that I don't think a private business should be prohibited from drug testing its employees.

I only think that if the elected representatives of a state have passed a law which legalizes pot, such laws should be respected by the Federal Government. Most companies today which do random drug testing of employees do so because of Federal Regulations. When it comes to transportation jobs, drivers, and people who operate heavy equipment, this is understandable, however, I have to ask, why in the name of hell does a Walmart Greeter have to pass a drug screening to get a job? :huh:

Nothing I've said here means that I want people driving around or coming to work either stoned or drunk.

Neither does it mean that I approve of union keeping people who were smoking pot and drinking on their lunch break from getting fired. I am, about the most anti-union person you will ever find.

You see, Billy talks a good game about wanting smaller government, but I don't think his heart is really in it. I think he is just fine with Big Government (and, Big Brother) as long as that Big Government enforces the things he is in favor of.

I've got a feeling that unless we are shot to death in a no-knock raid by Federal Agents who come for our guns in the middle of the night, we are both going to end up in the proverbial Gulag.

The only difference between us will be that I will  know why I'm there! :laugh:


hfishjr81

Quote from: Darth Fife on December 13, 2012, 04:29:27 PM
I've got a feeling that unless we are shot to death in a no-knock raid by Federal Agents who come for our guns in the middle of the night, we are both going to end up in the proverbial Gulag.


LOL! Damn big government trying to rule peoples lives, if someone wants to smoke they should be allowed, however, those damn guns gotta go!!! Hope business owners start demanding people hand them over to work...  :drool:


"According to Gallup, 68 percent of Americans want corporations to have less influence in America."