Man sentenced to life in prison for...smoking weed. - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;29713983]Yes lets compare a drug dealer going to prison to the fucking holocaust.[/QUOTE] Well at least Hitler didn't sell the concentration camps to private industry in exchange for kickbacks

[QUOTE=V12US;29713804]Seventy years ago they called them concentration camps, now we call them prisons. "Arbeit macht frei"[/QUOTE] Because this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RJPCt6BzvU[/media] ...is exactly the same as this: [media]http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/images/holocaust00_1.jpg [url]http://www.indynewsisrael.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/holocaust.jpg[/url] [url]http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/410px-einsatzgruppen_killing.jpg[/url][/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaHRNeAJlGQ&feature=related[/media] [editline]9 May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Zeke129;29714030]Well at least Hitler didn't sell the concentration camps to private industry in exchange for kickbacks[/QUOTE] Well you're right about that. He just had the innocent people incarcerated inside them tortured, gassed, and shot after he'd used them for slave labor.

Wait I need to post like a facepuncher THIS MAN NEEDS TO BE PUT TO DEATH

sell a plant, go to jail for life rob a bank, 30-50 years or whatever sounds right :downs: laws are fucking stupid and the people who seriously enforce them without questioning are even stupider

[QUOTE=Zeke129;29714043]Wait I need to post like a facepuncher THIS MAN NEEDS TO BE PUT TO DEATH[/QUOTE] Actually most FPers are pro druggy. That said, this thread it pretty accurate.

[QUOTE=DSG;29714080]sell a plant, go to jail for life rob a bank, 30-50 years or whatever sounds right :downs: laws are fucking stupid and the people who seriously enforce them without questioning are even stupider[/QUOTE] In case of it being a 3rd strike, it would be the same sentence. Although I disagree that drugs should be banned (legalize [b]everything[/b]), he doesn't get to take the law into his own hands. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

That seems cruel and unusual..

[QUOTE=Zeke129;29714030]Well at least Hitler didn't sell the concentration camps to private industry in exchange for kickbacks[/QUOTE] He might have been a genocidal maniac who was responsible for millions of deaths, but at least he wasn't cheap!

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;29714108]Actually most FPers are pro druggy. That said, this thread it pretty accurate.[/QUOTE] I think this is less pro-drug and more just pro-reasonable sentencing/punishment and good justice systems, which honestly a lot of FP seems to be against.

I'll admit that I'm pro-drugs, for the most part.

[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;29714145]Well you're right about that. He just shot, gassed, and tortured the innocent people incarcerated in them after he used them for slave labor.[/QUOTE] but he [b]didn't[/b] do it because of capitalism!

Purely logical.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;29714151]but he [b]didn't[/b] do it because of capitalism![/QUOTE] Yep, just out of a misled hatred for Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the disabled, Russians... though come to think of it he did kill quite a lot of Communists and Socialists, too.

[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;29714145]I'll admit that I'm pro-drugs, for the most part.[/QUOTE] Drugs are cool, man :shroom::350::shroom:

No, ofcourse the American prison system isn't as bad as Hitler's concentration camps, but that wasn't the point. The point is that what happened in the past can happen again, and we must always be aware of that possibility, so we notice the signs and can intervene. Fascism is on the rise. Not just in the US, but in many western countries all over the world. People don't see it, because we've come to identify fascism with Nazis and Hitler.

[QUOTE=V12US;29714316]No, ofcourse the American prison system isn't as bad as Hitler's concentration camps, but that wasn't the point. The point is that what happened in the past can happen again, and we must always be aware of that possibility, so we notice the signs and can intervene. Fascism is on the rise. Not just in the US, but in many western countries all over the world. People don't see it, because we've come to identify fascism with Nazis and Hitler.[/QUOTE] People going to jail over drugs is nothing new at all, and it doesn't mean anything either.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;29714564]People going to jail over drugs is nothing new at all, and it doesn't mean anything either.[/QUOTE] Well it means our system is fucked up and oppressive, but yeah it doesn't mean we're Hitler.

[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;29714279]Drugs are cool, man :shroom::350::shroom:[/QUOTE] That picture is pretty accurate of the average drug user like myself Take away however the colourful mushrooms and put the smoking dude in a dark room with a monitor where he will not leave for the next 3 hours.

:911:

[QUOTE=V12US;29714316] Fascism is on the rise. Not just in the US, but in many western countries all over the world. People don't see it, because we've come to identify fascism with Nazis and Hitler.[/QUOTE] You could say "fascism is in the rise" for pretty much any government at any time in human history. If Fascism is on the rise, it must have gone up the wrong escalator.

Holy shit.

[QUOTE=En-Guage V2;29714911]That picture is pretty accurate of the average drug user like myself Take away however the colourful mushrooms and put the smoking dude in a dark room with a monitor where he will not leave for the next 3 hours.[/QUOTE] I can see you're actively degrading the fabric of our society.

no, I'm merely stating what everyone does when they get baked at home

[QUOTE=En-Guage V2;29715043]no, I'm merely stating what everyone does when they get baked at home[/QUOTE] (It's a joke)

Why is this a big deal? He didn't get jailed for life for smoking marijuana. (as the thread title claims) He got jailed for life because he was caught multiple times dealing an illegal drug. (which was incidentally marijuana) He should have learned his lesson the first and second time he got caught, if there is a three strikes law for that kind of thing where he lives. You get caught multiple times dealing an illegal drug? What do you think is gonna happen? Yup, a lot more jail-time than the last times you were caught. No sympathy from me, even though I generally support the legalization of marijuana. :colbert:

[QUOTE=Gordon Frohm;29715223]Why is this a big deal? He didn't get jailed for life for smoking marijuana. (as the thread title claims) He got jailed for life because he was caught multiple times dealing an illegal drug. (which was incidentally marijuana) He should have learned his lesson the first and second time he got caught, if there is a three strikes law for that kind of thing where he lives. You get caught multiple times dealing an illegal drug? What do you think is gonna happen? Yup, a lot more jail-time than the last times you were caught. No sympathy from me, even though I support the legalization of marijuana. :colbert:[/QUOTE] Because it's a fucking draconian law that has no basis in reasonable justice. He possessed with intent to distribute 3 times, he did not kill a man, he did not rape a women, he had a bunch of pot. He should get like, a month or two, life is completely unjustifiable.

[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;29715096](It's a joke)[/QUOTE] sorry bro :respek:

[QUOTE=Gordon Frohm;29715223]Why is this a big deal? He didn't get jailed for life for smoking marijuana. (as the thread title claims) He got jailed for life because he was caught multiple times dealing an illegal drug. (which was incidentally marijuana) He should have learned his lesson the first and second time he got caught, if there is a three strikes law for that kind of thing where he lives. You get caught multiple times dealing an illegal drug? What do you think is gonna happen? Yup, a lot more jail-time than the last times you were caught. No sympathy from me, even though I generally support the legalization of marijuana. :colbert:[/QUOTE] It's a big deal because he landed life in jail because of old white men wanting to sell their own lethal alternatives, instead of a (generally) harmless one. American politics and it's legal system are an abomination.

He shouldn't have kept selling/using. Though I personally believe marijuana should be legal, if you have two strikes you should take the hint you're a shitty dealer. And he has a kid, so he shouldn't be using it.

[QUOTE=Miskav;29715421]It's a big deal because he landed life in jail [B]because of old white men wanting to sell their own lethal alternatives[/B], instead of a (generally) harmless one. [/QUOTE] Explain.