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November 2009 
What does personal freedom mean to you?
Posted on Nov 5th, 2009
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AJ
AJ
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 05, 2009:
Personal freedom to me means that we need to get rid of the nanny laws.
However, it also means that we still don't have the right to yell "FIRE!" in a theater unless there actually IS one.
That is, I believe that people of consenting age should have the right to use marijuana, if they so desire, without the fear of being arrested for doing so.
However, I believe that it would go outside the lines of personal freedom to blow marijuana smoke in another person's face--or to drive, if recent use of marijuana impairs driving abilities.
In short, we need to strike laws from our books that turn people into criminals for committing victimless crimes.
If somebody is serving time for committing a victimless crime, he/she needs to have the so-called crime removed from his/her record and needs to be released from prison a.s.a.p.
Let's save our prison space for people who really need to be there because they're actually victimizing other people.
However, it also means that we still don't have the right to yell "FIRE!" in a theater unless there actually IS one.
That is, I believe that people of consenting age should have the right to use marijuana, if they so desire, without the fear of being arrested for doing so.
However, I believe that it would go outside the lines of personal freedom to blow marijuana smoke in another person's face--or to drive, if recent use of marijuana impairs driving abilities.
In short, we need to strike laws from our books that turn people into criminals for committing victimless crimes.
If somebody is serving time for committing a victimless crime, he/she needs to have the so-called crime removed from his/her record and needs to be released from prison a.s.a.p.
Let's save our prison space for people who really need to be there because they're actually victimizing other people.
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