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Originally Posted by dereds
Would the pope want them legalised if they weren't already? I don't think it's strange to want potentially harmful substances remain illegal and not to campaign for criminalising other harmful substances.
I'm not quite sure what you are implying with "strange". It is true that it is
common for people to hold such positions; my argument isn't that it is an uncommon position, it is that it is an
unjustified position. I think a law that is inconsistent - assigning wildly different legal values to rather similar things - is problematic. Ignoring these asymmetries and trying to argue for one side in isolation is pretty lolbad.
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Originally Posted by dereds
the pope's position is no stranger than anyone else that would have pot remain illegal while taking a drink.
Sure, the pope is equally as unjustified in maintaining the asymmetric status quo as the guy in the bar is. But I expect more from a pope than I do of the guy in the bar and so I'm going to be more critical of him for holding this unjustified position.