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Re: Medical Marijuana
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 23 Nov 2001 18:33:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> The current court has done all
> kinds of crazy things with our rights. That the power of the single state
> is losing ground to the idea of a single nation in an era of "globalization"
> is hardly surprising. Not good, but not surprising...
I must confess that this has always puzzled me. Why are "states"
preferable to a single state? I can certainly understand how in earlier
times the limits of communications and geography necessitated the
subdivision of the nation, but this no longer seems relevant to me, and it
will only become less meaningful as electronic communication and the web
become more advanced. For that matter, why would a global state be a
problem? No one here has really discussed it at length (AFAIK), but in the
media, the only arguments I hear are horribly xenophobic. Is there a
benefit to preventing a one-world community?
Dave!
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| (...) Yes, there is a benefit. One leadership at that scale cannot see the trees for the forest -- only the big problems could be dealt with, and not the smaller local ones. It is my assertion that I have no idea from here in CA what would suit the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Smaller states == smaller tyrannies. More states == more of a marketplace of ideas. Do you want a system in which the current population of China and India can vote to nuke Scotland??? (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Depends on the court we are talking about. The current court has done all kinds of crazy things with our rights. That the power of the single state is losing ground to the idea of a single nation in an era of "globalization" is hardly (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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