I think people are delusional to think that crime will go down if it is legalized. Criminals do what they do because it is "against the law" and they get a thrill from doing it. Once marijuana becomes legalized, they'll start asking for ecstacy and crack to be legalized as well. If they don't get their way again, they'll do it on the black market.
No, this is pretty much entirely incorrect. Criminals do what they do because they WANT to and they don't care whether it's legal or not (so far as one can judge the motivations of an entire group collectively, which one can't, really). I occasionally smoke weed because I like it, because it's a pleasant feeling that enhances my enjoyment of movies, music, and most games (edit: not to mention FOOD, you can get twice as much value out of a buffet if you toke up a doobie before you go), not out of some juvenile attempt to rebel against THE MAN. Also, "slippery slope" isn't a legitimate argument.
No, you are wrong. I've seen it over and over again. People who commit crime, do it because it
is wrong. Ask Charles Manson, Ted Bundy or any person in prison and they'll tell you they did it for the thrill of rebelling against law.
Frankly, I don't care to hear about your marijuana addiction. Like I said before, it's a sign of weakness. That says a lot about your simpleton arguments on these forums, now that you confess you smoke pot regularly. It's a disgusting habit.
It's the same thing with legalized prostitution. If we legalized it, nationwide, it would no longer give people a thrill to do it. The next thrill would be child prostitution.
Once again, you are completely wrong. People go to prostitutes because they want to trade sex for cash with no strings attached. Heterosexual men (by FAR the largest customer demographic of prostitutes) are not attracted to children, PERIOD. People who are attracted to children are "pedophiles", not "straights". You don't go to a prostitute for the thrill of doing something illegal, you go because you want a quick, guaranteed beejay or whatever, and you'd rather pay the money up front instead of going through some relationship, dinner and a movie, "will she won't she" dance.
Again, you are totally uninformed on this topic. I've known several people who became pedofiles. They started out perfectly normal. They had normal girlfriends and wives, went to church and even held degrees in higher education. Their attraction to children started with pornography, which led to prostitution, which led to child molestation. I'm not just guessing here, this confession comes from their own mouths.
You are naive to think that people with these kind of problems are just automatically flawed. Their flaws came from years tiny steps, starting with pornography.
The majority of people who want more leniency and legalization of such things is because they can feed their addiction more easily. They WANT to see the harder stuff become legal so they don't have to feel guilty around others who do not fall into such weakness. Search you soul, you know it's true.
When I point this out,
the guilty become angry. It's because I've touched a sensitive nerve deep inside that they know is true.
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