I'll third that. Or fourth, or whatever. I rarely buy games, and games I want to play I can get from Gamefly. When I do buy a game, it's because I felt it was good enough to deserve my money, or I'd like to play it more than once. (ex: I purchased Fallout 3 so that I could follow the several different routes you can go on).

Now Capcom thinks I don't own a game I purchased, or have the right to replay or resell a product I legally own? This brings back memories of a certain company removing a certain feature from a certain game console.

And because of that debacle, Sony will get none of my money, ever. Now Capcom will not either.

I'm amazed that humans are able to see extra-terrestrial events with such detail.

What's even crazier is that we know more about outer space than we do about our oceans.

Oh, and, maybe...first post?

Would you feel safer buying milk without the inspection of the farms, the FDA rules regulating what can and cannot be fed to the cows, pasteurization and homogenization?

That all came about because the FDA regulates shit like that. As much as we hate the government, regulatory bodies overall force the producers of XYZ to follow guidelines and rules for the benefit of the consumer.

Additionally, legalization will allow users to know exactly WHAT is in the pot their buying.

Why would Joe Potsmoker want to go buy from some random dealer down the street and have to guess to the quality and contents, whereas if it were legal nobody would pick a dealer over going down to the store and picking some up that you know for sure is good quality and has met the regulations laid out by the authoritative body assigned to do so.

I am a daily smoker. I have graduated college, I have a great job, I support my family. I pay taxes, I donate to charities. I help others when I am able. Yet, in the eyes of Uncle Sam, I am a horrible person that deserves incarceration for my unspeakable acts against my country and people. It is a fucking joke. Anslinger drug (pun intended) MJ through the mud with scare tactics and blatant lies. Not one justification for making it illegal given by Anslinger or the government at that time held any water.

There is no logical, scientific, or rational reason to maintain the illegal, SCHEDULE 1 (same as the hard drugs, i.e. heroin, crack cocaine, etc.) classification that the government has on MJ.

I don't usually post off-topic...but...

Joey: It's a moo point.
Chandler: I'm sorry...moo point?
Joey: Yeah, it's like a cows opinion - it doesn't matter. It's moo.

Citation needed.

I've worked at several places in the last 2 years where I saw no installations of XP or IE6, and I've also worked at several places where XP and IE6 were used. I've seen installations of OpenOffice, Firefox, and even Linux desktops.

The point, though, is that your statement that XP/IE6/MSO is the only things the business world uses may have been true ~5 years ago, but not anymore.

The government also profits from the influx of tourists spending their money. Sales tax, gas tax, alcohol tax, cigarette tax...

Not to mention the numerous other ways the federal government has lost a legal proceeding.

How many times has the Supreme Court ruled 'XYZ Law' as 'Unconstitutional'? Would you not consider that someone successfully challenging the government in a legal battle?

Government makes law. Citizen challenges law. Law is overturned. Seems like a WIN to me...

I-95, right? In Florida myself. I've seen this.

What probable cause have I given the police to stop me, require me to prove my legal standing to operate the vehicle (my license), show that I am insured, and PROVE that I am innocent (not driving above the legal BAC), by simply driving home from Wal Mart at 2am? I am subjected to sobriety tests and breathalyzers when I have given no cause or reason for anyone to believe I am over the legal BAC.

A checkpoint forces the driver to prove his innocence, however the law states that you are already innocent until they can prove you guilty.

Stopping a driver that is driving erratically, or failing to abide by the laws of the road, are a reason for police to stop you.

Stopping EVERY driver on a road and forcing them to prove their legality on multiple levels* in hopes of catching a handful of actual offenders is NOT legal.

* You have to prove:
- You hold a legal driver's license.
- You hold valid insurance.
- You are up to date on registration and inspections.
- You are not above the legal limit.