Quote Originally Posted by flyingimam
Quoting from CBS link

"Palin has said she doesn't support legalizing the drug, fearing the message it would send to her five children."

1st: She doesnt have to support "legalization" a mere decriminalization is by itself good enough in this traditionally conservative pool of people we live in.
What's wrong with not supporting it. It's her right. Obama is against the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act

Here is an excerpt from the washington post: Michael Gerson - Obama's Abortion Extremism - washingtonpost.com

But Obama's record on abortion is extreme. He opposed the ban on partial-birth abortion -- a practice a fellow Democrat, the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, once called "too close to infanticide." Obama strongly criticized the Supreme Court decision upholding the partial-birth ban. In the Illinois state Senate, he opposed a bill similar to the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which prevents the killing of infants mistakenly left alive by abortion. And now Obama has oddly claimed that he would not want his daughters to be "punished with a baby" because of a crisis pregnancy -- hardly a welcoming attitude toward new life.

So everyone tell me, what is more bothering.. the fact that someone says that you can't smoke Marijuana that you're going to smoke anyway regardless of the laws, or someone saying that a baby that is born alive during an abortion has to be killed.

The only reason I brought up this example (which was not for you in particular but rather other posters) was to show where people's priorities are. People on here are complaining about not being able to legally smoke Cannabis and Obama is criticizing the partial birth ban. I think it should be conditional (based upon the likelihood of survival and the health of the child), but Obama doesn't believe in conditions and believes it should be the womans right to kill the child even if it is born breathing and it's heart beating on it's own.

Personally I can tolerate someone telling me it's illegal for me to smoke over someone telling me it's ok to kill pre-mature babies that are born living and breathing due to failed abortions.

Don't want to hurt the child? Put the baby up for adoption.


2nd: A parent will teach their children what they think is right and good for them, how is that she thinks the government policy will override her teachings, something wrong there?
Well let's bring this back to sex education. Why is it ok for the school system to impose something on kids their parents may not even want? It's a similar situation but in reverse.

3rd: She smoked and inhaled weed as she has admitted to it herself, we dont know and cant know if she enjoyed it or not for fact! we probably cant even find out how long she smoked it or if it was just once. come on! anyone can smoke in secrecy alone and cover all signs and later say i didnt enjoy it and denounce it.
We don't actually know except that she said she didn't enjoy it. Believe it or not there are a good number of people who don't enjoy smoking pot. Again, did you ever do anything in your teenage years or when you were younger only to think when you were much older that there was no way in hell you would do that again and you were stupid for trying?

I know there are a few in my past. This is where Sarah Palin is coming from.

promoting Personal Liberty, meaning whatever i do in my private as long as it doesnt hurt any1 else's life or property is my own damn matter and nonna governments business (or anyone else's 4 that matter), is never a wrong message to send to any1's children. in fact that is the best message a righteous politician can send to their children. but if she thinks her children would have a different perception and understanding from such a message, then i highly doubt she has done any good parenting short of baseless idealistic brainwashing in regards with this subject... I think she fears it will make her children hate her as a parent! lol
So do you believe in actual personal liberty, or just when it comes to smoking cannabis? Because many of the social programs in this country are designed in a way to where we actually lose liberty.

So which is it? government stay out of our lives or let the politicians make policies that they think are for the best for the MAJORITY of the population?

Because if you say they should mind their own business, then you would have to apply this to many other situations as well to services that you may support. Personally I feel the government is in our business way too much; but I understand her point of view and do not fault her for it (I simply strongly disagree with her views, but not fault).

Everyone here is so gung ho about cannabis they don't even stop to think for a second "hey, why might she feel that way." and then actually write her to give her your thoughts.

It's one thing to bitch and complain and do nothing like so many people do, it's another to get off your ass and be pro-active about it.

I mean honestly is Marijuana what we're going to get our panties in a wad? With more and more states becoming pro MMJ I don't feel that this is as serious of an issue as everyone thinks. We've made advances by leaps in bounds in the last 10 years and will continue to do so. We've had anti-marijuana propaganda for the last 100 years, it's going to take time to get EVERYONE to understand.

The Civil rights movement didn't happen overnight either. Be patient and be pro-active if you want to advocate change otherwise I feel people honestly have no room to criticize others on how they view Marijuana.
daihashi Reviewed by daihashi on . Palin inhaled, but still wants to jail you for inhaling "Palin has said she doesnâ??t support legalizing the drug, fearing the message it would send to her five children." NORML's Podacast: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 at 8:24 am And that message would be what, â??Donâ??t smoke marijuana kids, you might grow up to be mayor, governor, and a vice-presidential candidate some day?â?ť Considering the unplanned pregnancy of the unmarried teenage daughter of the Alaska governor who would outlaw all abortions, even in cases of rape, incest, or the Rating: 5