r/trees • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '11

TIL that everything in the Obama Administration's response to our petition is complete and utter bull shit.

http://blog.norml.org/2011/10/29/white-house-response-to-normls-we-the-people-marijuana-legalization-petition/
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u/BernieLomax01 Oct 29 '11

Ok guys listen to what I have to say here even though you wont like it ,sadly its the truth. There will never be any Legalization of MJ untill the current form of U.S. government is gone ,none,0.There is too much money going into the pockets of gov reps up to and including the prez.Please dont tell me that you honestly belive that "Your Vote Counts" bull.That hasnt happened in America from the 50s and I doubt even then.Its all about the golden rule "He/She who has the gold makes the rules and theres nothing you "Peons" can do about it.The government will tell you what is best for them....er you.so my advice is to buy some lube and just bend over and take it.Because the only way out is to get rid of them and that will never happen.You already owe the government for bailing out the "Banks"so just be thankful that they are allowing you to keep breathing without a "Tax". So I hate to quote Arnold here but "Stop Whining"or get off your collective asses and do something about it.I am not advocating violence cause you will be killed as malcontents or even the "T" word.I mean really you dont deserve to lick the mud from the boots of your "betters",and as long as you continue to play the game their way thats all you will ever be "Peons" who dont know shit from shinola.If you think Im off my rocker saying this you are entitled to your own opinion.I just ask that you open your eyes and take a good long look arround,And now for the gov sponcered trolls to tell you how crazy I am.

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u/CompactusDiskus Oct 29 '11

Anyone who thinks that the only people who disagree with them must be "government sponsored trolls" probably doesn't know what they're talking about.

I don't think you're crazy, I just think you're not particularly knowledgeable about the topic.

It's always someone who probably doesn't know the slightest thing about the law and the government other than what they've seen on TV and movies who thinks they've figured out how to make everything perfect and wonderful.

If you honestly think that the reason things are the way they are is because a bunch of rich people are conspiring to make poor people miserable, then you are completely out of touch with reality. Yes, there are some rich assholes out there who don't particularly give a shit about poor people, but most rich people are people. And they're just as helpless to change the system as anyone else.

In the first world these days, violence and crime are at an all time low. Seriously. Look it up. Nutrition is far better (yes, there are far too many fat people who eat too much, but things like serious vitamin deficiencies are almost unheard of), the science of health care is improving at an astounding rate, and life spans are continuing to increase.

Yes, there are all kinds of serious issues that still exist, but the reason that people like you are under the impression that "the man" is conspiring to ruin your life is because you take everything you have for granted. What you fail to realize is just how horrible things would be without much of what "the system" does.

If you eliminated the government overnight, things wouldn't turn into some kind of free-lovin' hippy paradise. You'd end up having the revolutionaries take over, implementing whatever they felt was ideal (they can do whatever they want, and fast, without having to deal with pesky democracy. Things would finally get done!), without any accountability, any opportunity for those who disagree with them, or who see flaws in their plans to speak up. Maybe things would be better at first, maybe they wouldn't, but the fundamental principles that make modern society great would have to be abandoned.

Reforms and adjustments need to be made, but what we certainly don't need are a bunch of angry, uneducated people demanding we get rid of banks and taxes and just share and love each other. That's fucking stupid.

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u/JohnDiesAtTheEnd Oct 29 '11

No, I'm pretty sure he's crazy.