Comments on: An Open Letter to High-School Students:Pay Attention to Government http://www.bspcn.com/2007/07/09/an-open-letter-to-high-school-studentspay-attention-to-government/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:35:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anika http://www.bspcn.com/2007/07/09/an-open-letter-to-high-school-studentspay-attention-to-government/comment-page-1/#comment-34777 Anika Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.bspcn.com/2007/07/09/an-open-letter-to-high-school-studentspay-attention-to-government/#comment-34777 This does not teach young people about government or how it works. This is you spouting your opinions about what the government does without explaining how our government developed these methods and why, or how they can be changed. You may be surprised to discover that I am and was an informed young person with legitimately formed opinions. I agree wholeheartedly about conscription, but do you really believe that a person addicted to crack cocaine is not a hundred times more likely to infringe on others' rights and break reasonable laws than your figure smoking a joint in front of their TV? Legalizing "all hard drugs" may seems appealing, but it is disgustingly dangerous to the society. Marijuana, yes. Most everything else, no. This does not teach young people about government or how it works. This is you spouting your opinions about what the government does without explaining how our government developed these methods and why, or how they can be changed.

You may be surprised to discover that I am and was an informed young person with legitimately formed opinions. I agree wholeheartedly about conscription, but do you really believe that a person addicted to crack cocaine is not a hundred times more likely to infringe on others’ rights and break reasonable laws than your figure smoking a joint in front of their TV? Legalizing “all hard drugs” may seems appealing, but it is disgustingly dangerous to the society. Marijuana, yes. Most everything else, no.

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