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glarius

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:05 AM
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Your laws are very puzzling America.

Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 06:06 AM by glarius

I don't understand why you put people in prison for years for using marijuana, but someone can announce they are about to reveal secret government papers, which seems more serious to me, and nothing is done about it, except wringing your hands.:shrug:

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Solly Mack

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:13 AM
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1. What puzzles me is (not really)

Sending people off for years and years for marijuana and won't arrest admitted war criminals.

In America, drugs are bad but war crimes are good faith gestures.

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TorchTheWitch

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:28 AM
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7. more puzzling is we keep voting for these dingalings

and then can't understand why we have a government full of whackadoodles.

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Jamastiene

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Mon Nov-29-10 08:40 AM
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15. War crimes were also called Crusades when idiot son

slipped that time. It's amazing that both Poppy and Idiot Son got to get away with war crimes. I can't get over it.

The other night, I was watching an old movie made in the 1960s. It had a news anchor on there giving the news. The government was actually answering questions in that movie. :wow: I thought to myself, "Gee, there was a time when our government had to actually answer questions." Nowadays, they can always say "no comment" or just lie, which is what they do most of the time...and nobody blinks an eye over it. We accept all this crap as "normal" now.

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HillbillyBob

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:13 AM
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2. That is because our lawmaking apparatus has been usurped

by 'special interests' read rich bastards.

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BzaDem

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:16 AM
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3. What exactly could they do that they have not already done? n/t

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glarius

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:26 AM
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5. What do you mean?

I'm simply pointing out how ludicrous it is for a government to put more importance on jailing marijuana users than stopping citizens from revealing possibly damaging information,(according to the government).

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BzaDem

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:47 AM
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8. How are they putting "more importance" on one than the other?

Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 06:48 AM by BzaDem

What could they have done in the latter case (someone revealing possibly damaging information) that they have not already done? What could they have done to convince you that they were putting "more importance" on the classified info case than the marijuana user? I don't think we even know what country Assange is currently residing in.

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WonderGrunion

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Mon Nov-29-10 07:22 AM
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12. We do know what country he is NOT living in

And that would be The United States of America.

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Tunkamerica

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:25 AM
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4. We should totally invade another country to arrest someone for announcing

they are publishing leaked documents.

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glarius

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Mon Nov-29-10 06:28 AM
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6. Sorry....I thought Wikileaks was in America. n/t

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jberryhill

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Mon Nov-29-10 07:06 AM
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10. Doh!

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jberryhill

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Mon Nov-29-10 07:05 AM
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9. So, the US should arrest Canadians in Canada for smoking pot?

Or is it that US laws should apply everywhere on the planet except Canada?

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Bluenorthwest

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Mon Nov-29-10 10:06 AM
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18. Canada does a fine job of that by herself...

They average 40,000 Canadians charged with possesion each year.

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WonderGrunion

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Mon Nov-29-10 07:08 AM
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11. Julian Assanage is not an American citizen and doesn't live in America

What exactly do you propose we do to him that doesn't involve the CIA or predator drones?

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Lint Head

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Mon Nov-29-10 08:34 AM
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13. I'm not wringing my hands over anything.

The fact that the federal government was taking over by a criminal administration in 2000 is not disputed.
These criminals are still free. Criminals are still in the place and running things as they see fit. There is a shadow government
that trumps reason when it comes to the people.

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Jamastiene

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Mon Nov-29-10 08:36 AM
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14. I guess I am about to totally flummox you then.

I don't believe either of those two things you mention should make people prison bound. :shrug:

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WinkyDink

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Mon Nov-29-10 08:42 AM
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16. Don't worry about it.

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Bluenorthwest

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Mon Nov-29-10 09:44 AM
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17. Apparently 40,000 Canadians a year are charged with possesion

of marijuana by the Canadian government. What do you have to say to that?
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/14/f-medical-marijuana.html

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jberryhill

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Mon Nov-29-10 10:23 AM
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19. Yeah, but if it's the same ones each year, then they are probably used to it

heh.

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mcollins

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Mon Nov-29-10 10:42 AM
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20. other than the fact that;

Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 10:42 AM by mcollins

they are not a US citizen and thus not covered in our laws.

the country in which the information is leaked is a sovereign nation.

the solder who 'supposedly' released the document IS in jail and awaiting trial.

Now- what was your question again?

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glarius

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Mon Nov-29-10 10:45 AM
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21. I GIVE UP!!!!......I WAS WRONG!!!!! When I started this thread,

Edited on Mon Nov-29-10 11:10 AM by glarius

I thought Wikileaks was in the U.S.A.....I didn't realize it was out of the country.
That is why I thought it strange that your laws didn't stop them from what they were doing.
Now that I know, I take back what I said...Okay?

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