SC sheriff may seek charges against Michael Phelps

[Sonsie]

Originally Posted by pcjohnnyb

This is as ridiculous as the sheriff saying "Dear GOD! Little jimmy had a party 3 months ago and there was...BEER?! Everyone who attended is getting underage possession of alcohol charges."
Crazy.

Everybody in his jurisdiction should send him in pictures of themselves smoking weed. Hell, just roll some tobacco and have you and all your pals puffing away on a joint in every shot. Think how busy they could be investigating thousands of pictures! This guy is a total media whore, did anybody post that photo of him posing with his new armored personnel carrier?

[pcjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by Sonsie

Everybody in his jurisdiction should send him in pictures of themselves smoking weed. Hell, just roll some tobacco and have you and all your pals puffing away on a joint in every shot. Think how busy they could be investigating thousands of pictures! This guy is a total media whore, did anybody post that photo of him posing with his new armored personnel carrier?

And ya'll think that Maryland blows it's funding

[Pushrod]

Originally Posted by This_person

I think they imagined "arms" to be whatever the government had, such that the people could reasonably defend themselves from (or even overthrow) the government. I just think that, while that's a necessary goal, WMD's would be irresponsibly placed into just anyone's hands.

Again, you are correct. As back in the day, individuals owned warships and cannon. I still can't wrap my head around nukes and chemical/biological weapons as arms ANYONE, including the governments, should have.

[soul4sale]

Originally Posted by This_person

No. It was illegal then, just like now.

Gawd! Just choke on a celery stick already. The cops and crooks are in an arms race; the Constitution is in tatters; and the taxpayers keep bending over to house and feed non-violent dope heads. I'm sick of you law-n-order morons providing cover for this taxation party. Shut up, so we can put these no-knock paramilitary fools and their gang-banging counterparts out of business.

[Ken King]

Phelps is off the hook. No pot charge for swimmer Phelps after photo - Yahoo! Sports

[This_person]

Originally Posted by grassroots86

Quick question , when you said "the dangers and problems with drug use" , were you talking about the dangers of winning 8 gold medals in the olympics?

Quick answer - no. When I said "the dangers and problems with drugs use", I meant "drug use", not "Olympic gold medal winning." Subtle, but I thought I was clear.

The only reason that pot has changed his life is because of hypocritical , overly-punative laws ... not anything that pot did . And really this just goes to show , you can smoke pot and still do great things with your life .

Really? When did he start smoking? Was he high while swimming?

Perhaps you are just looking to justify someone else's drug use?

But sure , when Phelps got his DUI no one was saying he was a bad role model , but as soon as he takes a bong hit he's suddenly in the wrong.

I think getting a DUI is being a bad role model.... Don't you? Would you be as okay with your kid getting a DUI, and then being photographed doing drugs? Quite the winner there!

The responsible thing for him to do would be to tell the world to get out of his private life . He has nothing to apoligize for , nobody even cared that he was also drinking . It's nobody's business if he wants to smoke pot ... worry about yourselves people , and don't worry , you can still have your drug (alcohol) , just don't be a hypocrite and look down on people because they use a different drug .

If you're trying to make the case that alcohol should be illegal, you're doing a good job (as has been done by several others previously in this thread). However, if you want to debate alcohol laws, then perhaps that's what you should do. If you want to debate drug laws, then you should do that. But, to suggest that the best way to change the law is by violating it, you're full of crap. The best way to change a law is to provide a good argument. "Johnny's kinda similar because he drinks Coor's Lite" isn't a good argument, it's childish.

My hope is that one day all of you anti-pot people will realize how hypocritical you are . And if you use alcohol , guess what , YOU USE DRUGS ! Which means that you don't have the right to preach to anybody else about using drugs . And actually , you're drug has killed more people since January 1st 2009 than pot has killed in thousands of years . So goodnight to the ANTI-DRUG drug addicts .

Can you provide the statistical studies to justify your last statement?

No? How come?

Meanwhile, if you drink soda with caffeine - YOU USE DRUGS! If you take aspirin for your headache - YOU USE DRUGS! If you smoke pot, YOU USE ILLEGAL DRUGS!

See the difference?