September 11, 2009
(You Assholes Already Have Your Incense Candles And Your "Internal Combustion Engines")
Sometimes I feel like I must be the only anarchist in the goddamn world who's not looking forward to the day when the government finally repeals marijuana prohibition. Rah rah rah, personal choice, liberty, freedom, etc. Of course. But that shit is going to be Obnoxious.
These days everyone on earth knows that tobacco is a big pile of deadly poison but everyone also knows that marijuana is as harmless to your longterm health as a cuddly puppy wrapped in rainbows. Consequently second hand tobacco smoke has built up sharp connotations of incivility that marijuana smoke doesn't have. Because the government has cracked down on it so hard, marijuana's legal status is the only sanction people stop to think about. These days people will automatically go outside to smoke a cigarette so as to not be rude only to then walk back in and light up a huge blunt beside you without askance or a second thought.
If our culture takes just as long to develop some frail standards of decency as it did on tobacco smoke then you can bet your ass for a long while every fucking bus stop will be Tragedy of the Commons 101.
Look, all I'm saying is that when I feel like momentarily sabotaging my neural net I don't go around spitting the whiskey I'm drinking into other people's mouths. *shake fist*
Sometimes I feel like I must be the only anarchist in the goddamn world who's not looking forward to the day when the government finally repeals marijuana prohibition. Rah rah rah, personal choice, liberty, freedom, etc. Of course. But that shit is going to be Obnoxious.
These days everyone on earth knows that tobacco is a big pile of deadly poison but everyone also knows that marijuana is as harmless to your longterm health as a cuddly puppy wrapped in rainbows. Consequently second hand tobacco smoke has built up sharp connotations of incivility that marijuana smoke doesn't have. Because the government has cracked down on it so hard, marijuana's legal status is the only sanction people stop to think about. These days people will automatically go outside to smoke a cigarette so as to not be rude only to then walk back in and light up a huge blunt beside you without askance or a second thought.
If our culture takes just as long to develop some frail standards of decency as it did on tobacco smoke then you can bet your ass for a long while every fucking bus stop will be Tragedy of the Commons 101.
Look, all I'm saying is that when I feel like momentarily sabotaging my neural net I don't go around spitting the whiskey I'm drinking into other people's mouths. *shake fist*
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