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Comment Re:childish things (Score 1) 396

by oneTheory (#28678375) Attached to: My toy collection is ...
Love this! I understand the concept of growing past some childish emotional states, but being child-like in curiosity, innocence, and genuineness are things we should never outgrow.

I wonder if this is why many adults have such a difficult time identifying and communicating with children?

Comment Freedom of expression (Score 1) 441

by oneTheory (#28515999) Attached to: Comic Artist Detained For Script Containing 9/11 Type Scenarios
Do you think it should be illegal to carry a manual detailing terrorist techniques? How the hell is anyone supposed to discuss and prevent these attack vectors if you can't talk about them or write them down?

Either everything is ok to say/write down or nothing is. You'll always find things people consider "objectionable" or "unsafe" whether they be objects, thought, or actions (such as speech). Unless you're actually trying to incite a riot or cause violence with your words (which would have to be proven in court beyond a reasonable doubt), we should be free to express ourselves however we please...

This reminds me of South Park 10.4 (Cartoon Wars II):

President Bush: Look, the fact of the matter is, the Family Guy writing staff is protected by something called the First Amendment.
Reporter 1: And what exactly is this First Amendment, Mr. President?
George W. Bush: ...you know. Right to free speech.

Many of the reporters groan loudly and begin yelling

Reporter 2: Mr. President, when your administration came up with this First Amendment, did it not foresee a problem like this might happen?
George W. Bush: Well, we didn't come up with the First Amendment. It was already in place.
Reporter 3: What do you intend to do about this First Amendment, Mr. President?
Reporter 4: Forgive me, Mr. President, but this First Amendment sounds like a lot of bureaucratic jibbery-jroo.

Damn constitution, always getting in our way.

Comment Portugal (Score 3, Informative) 709

by oneTheory (#28198791) Attached to: Open Government Brainstorm Defies Wisdom of Crowds
It's Portugal. They decriminalized all drugs in 2001. There's a good write-up in Scientific American about the Cato Institute report that contains the findings:

Five years later, the number of deaths from street drug overdoses dropped from around 400 to 290 annually, and the number of new HIV cases caused by using dirty needles to inject heroin, cocaine and other illegal substances plummeted from nearly 1,400 in 2000 to about 400 in 2006, according to a report released recently by the Cato Institute, a Washington, D.C, libertarian think tank.

Amazing how little press it's gotten.

Comment Re:marijuana legalization issue was Painful to Wat (Score 1) 709

by oneTheory (#28198605) Attached to: Open Government Brainstorm Defies Wisdom of Crowds

If you believe that you can be in a society and not affect other members of your society (especially the young, impressionable ones, and the ones that aren't so happy with their status quo), then you've been doing drugs way too long.

You can't be a member of any system and not effect the system. That's beyond obvious. It seems like GP was talking about the harm involved to others when one imbibes a substance in a private setting. You said nothing that weakens his argument.

However, you should immediately seek to close down all bars and smoke shops so impressionable kids (think of the children!) won't be influenced into becoming adults and having to make decisions about what they do and don't put into their bodies.

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