Comment by charcircuit

Comment by charcircuit 2 days ago

24 replies

Functional or not it is illegal. Both functional and non functional heroine users can be put into prison for life with no parole and it will fix both the problems of dysfunctional people roaming around and people dying from it. With real consequences people will actively avoid such substances. It will clean up society and disincentivize new people from trying as they will bot want to give up their life and family for something so petty. It needs to be overwhelmingly obvious that it will mess up your life for good if you try or distribite even a little bit.

AngryData 2 days ago

What you said here is essentially "Because it is illegal and they knowingly broke the law we should ostracize these people from society" without ever broaching whether it should be illegal or not to start with or if drug use by itself deserves being ostracized.

  • charcircuit 2 days ago

    Yes, that is what I did.

    • anal_reactor 2 days ago

      Daily reminder that Boston Tea Party was illegal. If those people were properly punished then US wouldn't have got independence, and the world would've been a much better place.

      • charcircuit 2 days ago

        Britain losing America as a colony was a major fail. If they had properly dealt with those people who had participated it would have slowed down the movement of American gaining its independence. It serves as a warning not to let small crime fester as those people can cause larger problems through network effects.

      • projectazorian 2 days ago

        I tend to agree, but worth considering that Britain would probably not have banned slavery when it did if it still controlled the southern US.

c22 2 days ago

We've been sending people to prison for heroin use for decades but people still seem to take it up.

Even the non-legal consequences of heroin addiction always seemed real enough to disincentivize me from trying it. Clearly those who become dependent on heroin approached their use from a different perspective than mine so I expect any solution I could think of to help these people would have to look outside the realm of 'what would work for me.'

StefanBatory 2 days ago

Both functional and non functional people without empathy can be put into prison for life with no parole and it will fix both the problems of dysfunctional peoplewithout any morals. With real consequences people will actively avoid being assholes.

hsbauauvhabzb 2 days ago

You’re right, we should also shoot the left handed and start persecuting religions we don’t like by sending them to death camps.

  • charcircuit 2 days ago

    In the US is not illegal to be left handed, nor does being left handed ruin anyone's life. It is in no way comparable.

    • dragonmost 2 days ago

      Why help people when you can just get rid of them instead /s

      • charcircuit 2 days ago

        The goal is to improve life for law abiding citizens. Removing these from society is helping all the people in society. 2 birds with 1 stone.