Pot-smoking neighbors

[Davros]

Nice job of ignoring the content of his post. Great work. Really.

I ignored it because it was a ridiculous rant and not based in fact. I have always supported protecting children and innocent people. His points were simply not worth responding to at the time.

Yet you would happily waste police resources on something as insignificant as pot smokers when those police could actually be protecting people instead.

 

[Colonel Green]

Nice job of ignoring the content of his post. Great work. Really.

I ignored it because it was a ridiculous rant and not based in fact. I have always supported protecting children and innocent people. His points were simply not worth responding to at the time.

Yet you would happily waste police resources on something as insignificant as pot smokers when those police could actually be protecting people instead.

He clearly favors increased taxation.

 

[John Picard]

I ignored it because it was a ridiculous rant and not based in fact. I have always supported protecting children and innocent people. His points were simply not worth responding to at the time.

Yet you would happily waste police resources on something as insignificant as pot smokers when those police could actually be protecting people instead.

He clearly favors increased taxation.

No, he clearly favors a Nanny State.

 

[number6]

Yet you would happily waste police resources on something as insignificant as pot smokers when those police could actually be protecting people instead.

He clearly favors increased taxation.

No, he clearly favors a Nanny State.

And having the government come into our homes and control our lives.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Hey, if you want to ignore criminal activity and have no problem with how it affects children that's your business. Me? I'd have them busted every time and twice on Sunday.

Don't like the law? Work to change it or deal with the ramifications. It's the adult thing to do.

Who are the hypothetical children being harmed in the situation described in this thread? Kids who walk by the house and smell some weed and thus are enticed into addiction? Do you really think it works that way? If there were kids in the house being neglected, given pot, or being dealt to by the owners, then by all means call the cops. But you've imagined some nonsense scenario where this evil sentient cloud of marijuana smoke seeks out children to corrupt.

There's nothing adult about wasting police resources on petty offenses that hurt no one and that in a great many jurisdictions police wouldn't even bother responding to.

There's nothing adult about filling up the jails with nonviolent offenders at the expense of taxpayers and at the risk of releasing violent or repeat offenders to free up space, as Dennis mentioned.

There's nothing adult about treating 'Reefer Madness' as a handbook on the alleged dangers of marijuana instead of, you know, doing a little research from the ensuing seven decades on your own.

Zero tolerance policies like yours aren't adult, because they toss out all personal judgment and risk assessment in favor of blindly following the rules. It's done to avoid making adult decisions and having to face the consequences when people ask why you made your choice. It's the easy and cowardly way out.

Now ignore everything I said again, because you've got nothing. You're a Conservative See-N-Say spewing thoughtless talking points every time someone pulls your string.

 

[John Picard]

Hey, if you want to ignore criminal activity and have no problem with how it affects children that's your business. Me? I'd have them busted every time and twice on Sunday.

Don't like the law? Work to change it or deal with the ramifications. It's the adult thing to do.

Who are the hypothetical children being harmed in the situation described in this thread? Kids who walk by the house and smell some weed and thus are enticed into addiction? Do you really think it works that way? If there were kids in the house being neglected, given pot, or being dealt to by the owners, then by all means call the cops. But you've imagined some nonsense scenario where this evil sentient cloud of marijuana smoke seeks out children to corrupt.

There's nothing adult about wasting police resources on petty offenses that hurt no one and that in a great many jurisdictions police wouldn't even bother responding to.

There's nothing adult about filling up the jails with nonviolent offenders at the expense of taxpayers and at the risk of releasing violent or repeat offenders to free up space, as Dennis mentioned.

There's nothing adult about treating 'Reefer Madness' as a handbook on the alleged dangers of marijuana instead of, you know, doing a little research from the ensuing seven decades on your own.

Zero tolerance policies like yours aren't adult, because they toss out all personal judgment and risk assessment in favor of blindly following the rules. It's done to avoid making adult decisions and having to face the consequences when people ask why you made your choice. It's the easy and cowardly way out.

Now ignore everything I said again, because you've got nothing. You're a Conservative See-N-Say spewing thoughtless talking points every time someone pulls your string.

You missed TheLonelySquire's subtle and f-e-e-b-l-e attempt at explaining how pot is a gateway drug.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

It's a gateway to Cheetos.

 

[Gepard]

Now ignore everything I said again, because you've got nothing. You're a Conservative See-N-Say spewing thoughtless talking points every time someone pulls your string.

Oh, Locutus. The more you talk, the more we love you. (It should be noted, however, that See-N-Says have levers, not strings.)

 

[JustKate]

I know I'm going to regret this, but....

I think some of you are getting a little carried away. All TheLonelySquire said was that he favored reporting a neighbor who was breaking the law to the police. I'm not saying this is how I would handle this situation, because it isn't, but you are acting like he has suggested something shocking! Unprecedented! Horrific! Suggesting that police respond to a crime, even if it is a misdeamenor, is hardly the beginning of the police state.

So calm down. Take a deep breath.

I mean, it is still illegal in a lot of states, right? It is in mine. So even if you disagree with the law, surely it's not all that shocking to find somebody who favors enforcing the law, is it? Now, you may think this is too minor to be reported, and with that I agree - I have had neighbors who did things I found far worse than smoking pot, and sadly most of those things weren't illegal so I just had to put up with them. But "Marijuana is illegal and those who use it should be reported to the police" is not the same thing as with tromping all over people's civil rights.

As for the OP, I think you're going to have to talk to the neighbors, RJ. Everything else I can think of would probably be counterproductive. People can be really touchy about their smoking, though, whether it's pot or regular cigarettes. Good luck!

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Now ignore everything I said again, because you've got nothing. You're a Conservative See-N-Say spewing thoughtless talking points every time someone pulls your string.

Oh, Locutus. The more you talk, the more we love you. (It should be noted, however, that See-N-Says have levers, not strings.)

Mine had a string with a little plastic ring at the end. Lever technology had not been invented yet. We were still impressed that they managed to miniaturize all those animals and trapped them inside the magical circle.

 

[RoJoHen]

I love how serious and angry my threads turn out sometimes.

 

[JustKate]

^ Yours is a God-given talent, that's for sure.

 

[RoJoHen]

I'm just going to start recording my threads in video form so people can actually see how easy-going I really am. I feel like it's not translating well in text form.

 

[Gepard]

Mine had a string with a little plastic ring at the end. Lever technology had not been invented yet. We were still impressed that they managed to miniaturize all those animals and trapped them inside the magical circle.

Very well. I bow to your advanced age.

 

[JustKate]

I'm just going to start recording my threads in video form so people can actually see how easy-going I really am. I feel like it's not translating well in text form.

I'm not sure Mr. Rogers himself could have kept this completely defused.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I know I'm going to regret this, but....

I think some of you are getting a little carried away. All TheLonelySquire said was that he favored reporting a neighbor who was breaking the law to the police. I'm not saying this is how I would handle this situation, because it isn't, but you are acting like he has suggested something shocking! Unprecedented! Horrific! Suggesting that police respond to a crime, even if it is a misdeamenor, is hardly the beginning of the police state.

So calm down. Take a deep breath.

I mean, it is still illegal in a lot of states, right? It is in mine. So even if you disagree with the law, surely it's not all that shocking to find somebody who favors enforcing the law, is it? Now, you may think this is too minor to be reported, and with that I agree - I have had neighbors who did things I found far worse than smoking pot, and sadly most of those things weren't illegal so I just had to put up with them. But "Marijuana is illegal and those who use it should be reported to the police" is not the same thing as with tromping all over people's civil rights.

As for the OP, I think you're going to have to talk to the neighbors, RJ. Everything else I can think of would probably be counterproductive. People can be really touchy about their smoking, though, whether it's pot or regular cigarettes. Good luck!

1) I never said anything about a police state.

2) I'm not angry, I'm mocking.

3) Your position is exactly the same as mine, that it's too minor to report, so what's the problem?

4) It's not "shocking!" at all that TLS would report something so petty as this. His position on any given subject is as predictable as the Sun rising.

 

[JustKate]

^ I didn't direct my remarks to you, Locutus - notice I was very careful to say "some of you." My apologies if I seemed to be criticizing you.

BTW, nobody used the words "police state," but I don't think my language was too far out of line with what some posters were implying.

Edit: I do hold to my original opinion, which is that some folks are getting a little carried away. Sorry if "a little carried away" is considered offensive.

 

[John Picard]

The funny part is this: I've passed by people smoking a cigarette but it smelled like weed. Sometimes even a good tobacco crop gets a stray bit of vegetation into the mix. How stupid would you feel if you "know you smelled pot", called the police, and they charge over to find your neighbor polishing off a Marlboro?

 

[number6]

It's a gateway to Cheetos.

or a large pizza!

 

[JustKate]

^^ I would guess that if RoJoHen says he smells a strong smell of pot, day after day, he is smelling pot. But I don't know, of course.

I would recommend, should he approach the neighbors, not saying "Your pot is giving me headaches," but instead just talk about "smoke" without specifying the vegetation in question.