Hypocrites: UN Slams US Marijuana Legalization, Is Scolded for Drinking on the Job the Same Day - Polidicks

[QUOTE]The notion of alcohol consumers piously demanding that others stop using pot probably makes you think of the beer-swilling World War II generation berating weed-smoking hippies during the 1960s. Now, thanks to the United Nations, that caricature gets an update, and the hypocrisy is at once amusing and depressing. You may have read the headline-grabbing news that in advance of its conference on drug policy last week, the U.N. issued a report urging the United States government to block Colorado and Washington state from moving forward with voter-approved laws that allow adult citizens to use marijuana as a less harmful alternative to alcohol. What you may not have heard is that on the very same day the U.N. released that report, U.S. ambassador Joseph Torsella slammed his U.N. colleagues for drinking too much on the job. Apparently, binging at the U.N. is so commonplace and excessive that it is hindering the organization from conducting its most basic work.[/QUOTE] Source: [URL]http://www.alternet.org/hypocrites-un-slams-us-marijuana-legalization-scolded-drinking-job-same-day#.UUmFePX_TVg.facebook[/URL]

if i worked at a place as depressing as the UN i'd be an alcoholic too

If I worked at such an ineffectual organization, I'd probably become an alcoholic too.

If I lived in the UN I'd be an alcoholic too.

They're drunk? And here I thought they were just ineffectual.

I like how the UN is telling the US to violate it's constitution and a fundamental piece of it's entire governmental structure. Keep on keeping on, UN. You send those angry letters.

UN why dont you cheer up and just smoke a j

[QUOTE=Worldwaker;39980160]I like how the UN is telling the US to violate it's constitution and a fundamental piece of it's entire governmental structure. Keep on keeping on, UN. You send those angry letters.[/QUOTE] I think the INCB is annoyed because the US helped design and implement the three drugs conventions, then has turned round and ignored them. The INCB is a different body to the General Assembly which the US ambassador seems to targeting as 'full of drunks'. Essentially everyone's hypocrites, which in politics is nothing new.

[quote]U.N. issued a report urging the United States government to block[/quote] Why!? [quote]Apparently, binging at the U.N. is so commonplace and excessive that it is hindering the organization from conducting its most basic work.[/quote] How?! [quote]That reform momentum is now building as lawmakers in Mexico, Uruguay and Chile are citing the states’ votes as reason for their nations to consider legislation to legalize marijuana.[/quote] And the reason is because... [quote]Their rationale is simple: Having seen their nations torn apart by the militarized fight against the drug cartels that rely on prohibition and its attendant black market, Latin American leaders see the Colorado and Washington victories as a way to finally start deescalating the blood-soaked war on marijuana.[/quote] Common sense! They probably aren't drinking on the job (as much) either.

Of all the world-unifying governments we could've ended up with why did ours have to suck so much D?

I am not doubting the validity of the points they raise, nor am I doubting the truth behind "marijuana as a less harmful alternative to alcohol," but this is a rather terrible and heavily biased source.

[QUOTE=DanRatherman;39980554]Of all the world-unifying governments we could've ended up with why did ours have to suck so much D?[/QUOTE]It's a world of misery out there, gotta make do with what you have. At least it isn't as bad as the League of Nations.