Check out the movie Reefer Madness; it's good for a laugh, until you realize that uninformed people will most often believe what they're told by anyone who presents themself as an authority. The general public are usually too lazy or afraid to find out the facts for themselves, and like they're issues to be spoon fed and simple to understand. Good guy/Bad guy, etc. People don't want to examine their prejudices, they want them reinforced. The guy who calls you "bad" is really attempting to rationalize that he is "good".

By the way, we're people. We should question our own beliefs from time to time.

Needless to say, the other issues of politics, control, etc., are another chapter altogether.

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