Comments on: Failbook: Facebook Bans Anti-Prohibition Group http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/08/24/failbook-facebook-bans-anti-prohibition-group/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Michael O. Powell http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/08/24/failbook-facebook-bans-anti-prohibition-group/#comment-74205 Michael O. Powell Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=8359#comment-74205 That’s actually a really, really good point. I never thought of that. Articles of faith are a really good contributor to alot of society’s ills, from drug prohibition to racism as well (despite strong evidence that there is no genetic difference between “races” people of various cultures apparently want to believe there is).

I look forward to having you here at TLP, Obdicut. I like the way you think.

]]> By: Obdicut http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/08/24/failbook-facebook-bans-anti-prohibition-group/#comment-74204 Obdicut Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:59:45 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=8359#comment-74204 The widespread, cross-partisan stance against legalization of marijuana in American politics seems to me to be another symptom of the anti-science sentiment lurking in this country.

There is no logical, scientific way that one can conclude marijuana should be illegal and cigarettes and alcohol legal. There is no scientific or logical way to examine patterns of usage of these drugs and conclude criminalizing them is the best way to deal with their usage, either.

That Facebook, a private entity with no voting public to satisfy, would engage in this non-scientific stance is frankly baffling. I don’t get what it is they are after, unless it’s the vague approval of the crowd of people who think marijuana is evil; I don’t think those people are likely to be large consumers of Facebook.

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