Biden pardons thousands for ‘simple possession’ of marijuana

[blazes]

1 hour ago, heybruce said:

The Republicans once had a libertarian side, but that is long gone.  Florida Gov DeSantis' (future Presidential candidate and Fox News darling) used legislation to punish Disney when it announced it would no longer contribute to Florida Republicans because of the "Don't say Gay" law, and his Stop Woke act would dictate what kind of human relations training companies can give their employees.

 

Authoritarians want to tell individuals and businesses how to behave.

And in the meantime, here are you (surely not an authoritarian?) telling us that the presumably wholesome HR training you mention is indeed the "correct" way to behave!!!

 

Human relations training??  That's a joke, isn't it?  The sort of HR "training" thrust upon employees these days (if you work for a woke company) involves admitting that because you are white you are by definition racist.  Such mindlessly divisive racist instruction of course leads to the very racist attitudes it was supposed to eradicate.

Inhuman relations more like....

[chalawaan]

Owning the Republicans -one drug at a time. 

[heybruce]

3 hours ago, blazes said:

And in the meantime, here are you (surely not an authoritarian?) telling us that the presumably wholesome HR training you mention is indeed the "correct" way to behave!!!

 

Human relations training??  That's a joke, isn't it?  The sort of HR "training" thrust upon employees these days (if you work for a woke company) involves admitting that because you are white you are by definition racist.  Such mindlessly divisive racist instruction of course leads to the very racist attitudes it was supposed to eradicate.

Inhuman relations more like....

And in the meantime, here are you (surely an authoritarian) telling companies how they must conduct training of their employees.

 

I am an advocate of letting companies decide what kind of training is necessary and how to conduct it.  There was a time when the small government, minimum regulation Republican Party would have agreed with me.  Clearly those days are gone.

[Chomper Higgot]

3 hours ago, blazes said:

And in the meantime, here are you (surely not an authoritarian?) telling us that the presumably wholesome HR training you mention is indeed the "correct" way to behave!!!

 

Human relations training??  That's a joke, isn't it?  The sort of HR "training" thrust upon employees these days (if you work for a woke company) involves admitting that because you are white you are by definition racist.  Such mindlessly divisive racist instruction of course leads to the very racist attitudes it was supposed to eradicate.

Inhuman relations more like....

Hold your outrage.

 

If you don’t want to work for a company that demands you respect their other employees and customers while at work and collecting a paycheck from them, go work somewhere else.

 

 

[Scott]

An inflammatory, off-topic post has been removed.

[pegman]

On 10/9/2022 at 9:35 PM, Purdey said:

The USA has more people imprisoned than any other nation on earth. Freeing those whose crime is sleeping a lot and munching more than others, will free up some bunks for heroin dealers and murderers. Seems perfectly practical. 

Don't forget all the Trumpers headed for the Big House.

[Berkshire]

7 hours ago, blazes said:

 

Human relations training??  That's a joke, isn't it?  The sort of HR "training" thrust upon employees these days (if you work for a woke company) involves admitting that because you are white you are by definition racist.

 

That's just not true.  There is no such training....anywhere.

[blazes]

3 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Hold your outrage.

 

If you don’t want to work for a company that demands you respect their other employees and customers while at work and collecting a paycheck from them, go work somewhere else.

 

 

Er, Chomper, my good man,  who exactly are these other "employees and customers" you are introducing to this topic?

[Chomper Higgot]

15 minutes ago, blazes said:

Er, Chomper, my good man,  who exactly are these other "employees and customers" you are introducing to this topic?

Erm…... 

 

Has some hacked your account, or did you forget posting this?

 

8 hours ago, blazes said:

And in the meantime, here are you (surely not an authoritarian?) telling us that the presumably wholesome HR training you mention is indeed the "correct" way to behave!!!

 

Human relations training??  That's a joke, isn't it?  The sort of HR "training" thrust upon employees these days (if you work for a woke company) involves admitting that because you are white you are by definition racist.  Such mindlessly divisive racist instruction of course leads to the very racist attitudes it was supposed to eradicate.

Inhuman relations more like....

 

[chalawaan]

On 10/10/2022 at 12:45 PM, blazes said:

 

Good for a few extra votes in the hippie demographic....(although they might not notice the generous act through the fumes).

So if it's good for a few extra votes in the "hippie" (are you serious?????????) demographic.

America doesn't have a drug problem then. Just a few old Ben & Jerry VW Kombi dwellers who don't know what day, month, year, century it is?

You can't have it both ways, "bud".

Also, you've missed a lot of the deeper, richer, more sublime human experience, if all you've ever done is get drunk, or get laid.  

[thaibeachlovers]

On 10/10/2022 at 4:30 PM, Srikcir said:

The number of people affected by Biden's pardon from federal prison for possession of marijuana may provide only limited advantage. Remember the pardon doesn't apply to state convictions.

 

The US Sentencing Commission shows that in 2017 only 92 people were sentenced for marijuana possession out of a total of nearly 20,000 convictions! 

 

At the federal level 81,900 prisoners in September 2016 were convicted of drug offenses, but more than 99% were sentenced for trafficking (my note - "simple possession implies "personal use").

June 2019

https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/

 

So for a person convicted of possession of marijuana in federal court along with other serious drug offenses, there might only be a nominal reduction in their sentence. They should remain in jail.

 

But Biden does set an example and that may motivate state citizens to push for similar drug policies.

Agree about that, but at least Biden has finally done something I can commend him for.

Criminalising m j use has to be  a crime against reason IMO.

All that time and money wasted to harass people using a drug that is waaaaay less harmful than alcohol.

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, pegman said:

Don't forget all the Trumpers headed for the Big House.

Obsessed with Trump?

[Jingthing]

On 10/11/2022 at 9:39 AM, pegman said:

Don't forget all the Trumpers headed for the Big House.

Well Mar A Lago is a big house and the big cheese will likely be incarcerated there but I don't forsee any chain gangs in his future.

[Scott]

Troll post removed.

 

[pegman]

12 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Well Mar A Lago is a big house and the big cheese will likely be incarcerated there but I don't forsee any chain gangs in his future.

That's unfortunate