Hello everyone and I hope you're having a nice time and a good day. I'd like to comment on the Toronto Star which is liberal and is why you hear very little about McGuinty's resignation and the people like Gerard Kennedy who want the Premier's chair and office. The Star does take shots at the Conservatives and their mideast policy and why they say it only isolates Canada from the rest of the world. There's a couple of topics I'd like to cover which are both on the same page of the newspaper.
I'm glad that this Conservative government has chosen to take a side, which is to support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The other subject is about legalizing marijuana. And it comes from someone who smokes the stuff.
The first subject the columnist (Haroon Siddiqui) says Canada, once an honored place in the world has supported Israel. But in doing so it has turned it's back on the Palestinian Authority. That is how it is suppose to work because they are enemies of Israel. We cannot support Palestinians because Canada is allies with the Nation Israel. That's not a bad thing. But the UN vote over the recognizing of the Palestinian State, was favored 138-9 with 41 who abstained from the vote. I believe Australia was one of those abstaining. But again, is it such a bad thing to vote against even though most people favored? Yes! It is is okay to stand alone. Because if you're right, if you're honest, you will, maybe eventually, become favored among the people. Dare to be a Daniel. If you're interested in reading the Bible look up Zechariah 2:8. You will find that anyone who hurts Israel will offend God. That's serious. But this writer and probably that newspaper doesn't look at that or believe in it really so they do things according to their own policy, which is foolish. They are a liberal supporting newspaper.
Which brings me to my next point.
Who here has smoke pot? most people have. But I haven't since 1988. Okay so I have but according to
Michael Ashby, the Director of the National Pardon Centre, well, he still does smoke the stuff. When no one's around. His argument, "Legalizing marijuana is not about good vs. bad or right vs. wrong." He in fact says it's about a person's ability to make the decision not to do so, or maybe that we'll do so responsibly. But that being said, let's legalize anyway. I immediately think of verses in the Bible where "God gave them over to a depraved mind to do what ought not to be done." (Romans 1: 28). They did not retain the knowledge of God. The knowledge of God is in the Bible. "Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools." Romans 1:22.
It could be said that legalizing it will save from the courts who impose sentences for people who do. Or that legalizing could mean revenue from taxes, and even though the writer says forget about that stuff, I know he still supports it. What I think this writer needs to look at is this.
MARIJUANA IS BAD!
It makes people do bad things because their mind in directly influenced by a controlled substance. It makes people do foolish things like drive a car, fall off a building. Climb to the top. They are not in control. It makes them happy. Until they do something foolish. The foolish thing could get them dead. It can hurt someone else. And that is why I wonder why he supports this and why the Star allows this in it's edition. Most of us have never been the victim in a crime. Thankfully. But if there are people who are victims, an example being a lost love one from a vehicle driven by someone intoxicated, it can also happen by someone under the influence of the controlled substance. The person under the influence can also die in an accident. There is a reason why we have laws in place to protect us from ourselves, which reading down to the 3rd paragraph, Ashby says we don't need that. I guarantee you this.
There will be more people kept alive if this drug stays illegal then not.
And again, about the Tories support of Israel. They have the right to defend their land from foreign enemies. I would be proud to support them.
Take care,
Have a nice day.
The latest:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/1296228--stephen-harper-is-not-doing-israel-any-favours-siddiqui
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1296456--canadians-don-t-need-to-be-protected-from-marijuana#comments
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Are you a new blog or just added to blogging tories? Nice to hear a new voice.
ReplyDeleteI am an atheist but I have read the Bible so I enjoy hearing citations from this great book. I agree with you about standing on principle even if the majority are against you.
As for the marijuana issue, I have always kept away from drugs because I have always suspected that once I took any, I would be hooked. It amazes me how many super bright people get into drugs because they think they are superior to other people and won't get hooked. But I wonder how many deaths are due to the prohibition of marijuana because of the criminals fighting among themselves to be the ones supplying the drug and other drugs.
Is English your second language because I find your style kind of elementary. Doesn't matter if you are bringing insight from another region of the country.
Have a good day too.