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Thread #95966   Message #1871748
Posted By: Lox
29-Oct-06 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Last chance to save UK democracy!!!
Subject: RE: BS: Last chance to save UK democracy!!!
You are raising the alarm, so it is up to you to show me why I should be alarmed.

I've read the offending document and I haven't found any evidence to support your claim.

Where is that evidence to be found?

I don't see myself as superior.

I know that lots of people use cannabis who are very legally aware including judges and lawyers.

They don't debate legal issues on cannabis forums though, nor on folkie forums. They debate them with other lawyers and judges and if they are serious enough they get themselves on the news.

Can you direct me to a forum where judges and lawyers are debating this issue?

The only reason we're discussing this subject on this folkie forum is because you've brought it to us after reading it on a cannabis forum.

If you want me to feel your sense of urgency you need to explain to me exactly why I should be scared.

Test yourself. Don't send me to a website where I will be deluged with more rhetoric, explain to us yourself HOW (with references) the document makes it possible for the executive to take on the power of a totalitarian regime.
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It is not up to me to prove that there is no reason to be afraid, any more than there is any reason for me to explain why I'm not afraid of my computer exploding in the next 5 minutes.

And now that I've had that idea, I'm not going to suddenly panic and get to the nearest computer shop. The best thing I can do is ask myself why I have that fear and examine the situation calmly and critically . If after honest, careful and rigorous inspection I find that my fears are unfounded then I may find that the only thing I have left to question is my cause for alarm.