Everyone who smokes weed is a criminal. At least in most countries.
My problem is not with one or two people. One or two people could have been fired. It takes a city and a society to create and tolerate the double standard that exists today. You did something wrong, you served your time, and are not bitter because you understand that we all have to be responsible for our actions. Thats how people should be. Am I bitter? I'm the one who won't be able to dance at my wedding because I stood up for what I believe in, and did it in a way that broke no laws what so ever. I really am trying to be as unbiased as I can be, and I see your point as far as blaming the actions of one on a group in general. It's wrong. It's very wrong. I in no way intended for anything I said to be taken as judgement of every individuals character in terms of their everyday lives, beliefes, or actions outside of uniform. I'm sorry if it came across that way. My problem is with the system; it cultivates situations where people get hurt for no reason. Like I said before, people go in with the best intentions. They want to make the world a better place by protecting us from the evil that is inherent in every society. Those people who oppress us and make us lives our lives in fear for ourselves and our kids. Those people who murder and rape innocent people. But where do you draw the line at who the evil really is? How do we protect ourselves when the evil is in our protectors? When I say evil I'm not referring to the people themselves. But when you pick up a gun you have power over every unarmed man, woman, and child who make up the majority of our neighborhoods. When the evil is the same on both sides of the law you have to wonder where the rest of us fall into place.
And its not even in the US. Now shoot first ask questions later is the accepted policy. I don't really know how I can put into words just how horrible and outrageous this is. To do away with police entirety in one bold step would be a rash and foolish decision to make. But as we are giving away more and more of our freedoms for the sake of being free how can we even claim to have the same fundamental values that America was founded on? We train new cops that there is one good and one evil. Everything is black or white. And in their minds they take this to heart in justifying their actions. As long as you can rationalize what your doing we can do anything guilt free. You/we need to have faith in other people. If it came down to it, most people would not go on a violent killing spree the second an authority figure is removed and there are no legal consequences for our actions. Look at what happened in New York after 9/11. There were no enforceable laws to go by that day. People not only continued to live there lives in a civil manor, they went out of their way to help others. We do live in a world where its every man for himself. It's financial gain over the worker who lost his job because its cheaper to have over seas labor do it for pennies. I understand that you may not agree with me, thats your right and that right should be protected. And much of what I said wasn't directed at you as I'm sure your post wasn't directed at me. I'm 18. I'm going to start college in a few weeks. I have no idea how old you are or what your life experiences may have been. I am doing my best to be mature and look at this without taking into account my obvious personal bias, and I am not the one who resorted to belittling someone else for an opinion thatā??s different from my own. Maybe if I keep trying I'll be as grown up as you one day. I may have completely misunderstood what you said and if thats the case than Iā??m sorry for any of you that read this entire thing. I wasnā??t trying to insult you or throw your words back at you so please donā??t be offended by anything I said.