Apparently Rep. Mark Souder (R-3rd\/IN) declared on the floor of the house that drug use was “a sin” that must be stopped.<\/p>\n
Okay, I have a few questions for the honorable (maybe) representitive. I don’t expect he’ll ever read my journal, but maybe this will help me marshel my thoughts for the next time someone says something like that in real life.<\/p>\n
1) Have you ever had a drink? THat’s a drug, you’ve commited a sin.
\n2) If your children were suicidal, would you place them on psychoactive drugs (i.e. antidepressents)? That’s a drug, welcome to the sinful world.
\n3) Why is it we need laws against things just because some person happens to think they are sinful? I think war is a far, far bigger sin than any drug use could ever be – does that mean I can put the whole lot of you all in jail for authorizing a war on a false premise?
\n4) Why would drug use be a sin? This part I’m serously not getting. Maybe it’s because I haven’t done any of the hard drugs.. but my personal drug habits such as they are seem to me to be about as sinful as swatting a few moths. Really, I’m pretty sure they hurt nobody. They may stunt my personal development a very small amount.. but it’s a very small amount indeed, and they lead to much happiness.<\/p>\n
ah well. I see my latest build is done, so I better go do some actual work. More on this theme later.. (and over, and over, and over..)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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