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Re: Medical Marijuana
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
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> > 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...
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> 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?
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???
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| (...) I want a system where countries do not want to "nuke" others and where wars are not fought via focus groups and media driven opinion polls. Scott A (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, Scotland. And let's take care of Luxembourg while we're at it... All right, though--I see your point. Perhaps what I'm envisioning requires greater individual responsibility and participation in the Government than is currently the case, (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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