Just A Reminder
September 16th, 2006 -
For those who will be offended and quit reading long before you get to where something similar is written below:
I publish this blog in order to avoid deceiving you by omission. I have short hair, good personal hygeine, nobody could mistake me for a “hippie”; by simply remaining silent, I could present myself as an All-American, Athletic, Apple Pie Guy. In fact I am just such a guy.
Prohibition Laws are antithetical to Liberty, I invite anyone to dispute that! Prohibition Laws are also obviously unnecessary: according to the DEA’s own stats, which they juuuust might be low-balling, there were 12 million pot users last year, but those 12 million folks didn’t all rob banks or push dimebags in schoolyards or snatch little old ladies’ purses, nor did they all gravitate ineluctably to harder and harder drugs, despite the “gateway drug” fallacy.
Not only are Prohibition Laws unnecessary and inimical to Liberty, the laws themselves cause the very “harm to society” they are supposed to deter: drugs, as well as prostitution and gambling, all are expensive only because of the risk involved in purveying those items or providing those services. Pot isn’t called “weed” for no reason, it grows just about anywhere. Similarly, prostitution and gambling can happen anywhere cops aren’t. The only way for the government to “save” us from any of these things is for the government to watch us with the vigilance of Big Brother. If government fails to go that far, it will only make those things scarcer, therefore more lucrative.
I know I have exceeded the attention span, or perhaps the truth-tolerance, of most Prohibitionists, congratulations to those who have the brass to read this far. If you still want to buy my art, great; if you don’t, great. Never let it be said that I pretended to be something I’m not, simply because I know that speaking my mind will likely offend one of my target demographics, rich “conservative” people. I love to love you, I differ with you, I will differ respectfully but I will not be a submissive little mouse, nor will I deceive, even by an omission that many people seem to believe is quite justifiable. If that means I don’t make some sales, I won’t miss them, I’m Content to have a Clean Conscience.