Thing is Vietnam there was a draft. Thousands of kids were forced to kill & die. These kids today VOLUNTEERED for this. They are made out to be heroes going off to forgein land, killing civilians, coming home mamed and killed! & THEN WE CRY FOUL! Nah, you signed up to kill! To be killed. You volunteered for this. So, your complaints about what you chose to do falls on deaf ears.

Exactly my point

I am very sorry you are so upset about your son being deployed.

I asked the questions "Was he drafted?" knowing full well the answer.

What did he expect (or your expect when you proudly attending his graduation from boot camp)?

We encourage our children to go off to forgein lands and kill other innocent civilians. And then we complain when they dont come home.

Stop giving our children to these war witches! Stop glorifying the military as some heroic event.

Not my child! NO WAY NEVER!

Was your son drafted?

I can tell from your statement you have no idea what you are talking about....You don't know me, where I live or what I "deal" with on a daily basis. So to make a statement that I would change my mind based on what YOU think I have or have NOT experienced shows your true ignorance.

I would strongly suggest you stop watching FOX news, get yourself to a library and read a book, or actually visit a prison. Or a probabtion office. Go to drug court. See who is sitting there..Wealthy white men? Good Luck finding one of them (unless its the judge or a lawyer) then on recess for lunch you can go out and have a few drinks, smoke a few joints before returning to the bench. SMH Its people like YOU that are the cause of this problem we now have. IGNORANCE!

Keep in mind is was only YESTERDAY that the US Supreme Court decided that it is unconstitutional to sentence our YOUTH to LWOP! (Life without Parole)

Look up Sara Kruzan...she has a wonderful video on YouTube.. the rest of the world looks at us in horror when they hear how we incarcerate even our own kids. We are a throw away society. If we don't conform, we are locked away...sometimes forever!

I am not sure where your getting your information from. I am sure it is just opinion based on propoganda and not fact.

It has been proven over and over again that harsher punishment does NOT produce less crime....ie the death penalty does not prevent murder..

We have the highest prison population due directly and solely to the fact that we are not free to choose our own path. We are not free to chose to live how we personally see fit. We are not free to medicate ourselves. We are not free to defend ourselves. We are not free to raise our children the way we see fit. No other contry on the planet incarcerates their children at the rates we do,

Most other countries do not even have the death penalty (we do). We have prisons in our country that keep their prisoners in TENTS! with no airconditioning in 100 degree plus temps...feed them grits every day...I could go on and on. I don't know what prisons you have visited, but they are no walk in the park.

No other country cages their citizens like we do. If you don't believe me, and think I am some leftist whacko, research it.
Solitary confinement for tens of years!

We are a sick and twisted inhumane society, and until we wake up and stop answering every question with "lock um up!" we will continue to be so.

The Prison Industrial Complex cages our citizens for PROFIT. It is beneficial for these PRIVATE prisons to cage our citizens, each empty cage is money being lost, and we cannot build them fast enough!

Who sets these "guidelines" that I am supposed to live by? Those guidelines which are selectively enforced and prosecuted.

We are no better or safer society than we were 40 years ago when the prison boom started. (Again, I implore you to research my statement)...yet we are building prisons at alarming rates.

What we all need to keep in mind is that the U.S. has the HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE ON THE ENTIRE PLANET!

We incarcerate more of our citizens than anywhere else in the world!

The U.S. has between 3-5% of the worlds total population and 25% of the worlds prision population.

Until we address the fact that the US is NOT the home of the free, rather the home of the FOR PROFIT, PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX...we will continue to have broken families, and babies being born to mothers in prison, fathers incarcerated etc...

We need to wake up and realize that we are by far not FREE! That there is a price on each one of our heads.

Great points. Thank you so much for your comments!

I am not suggesting legalization of all drugs, however DECRIMINALIZATION. Alcohol and Tabacco are perfectly legal, And, those drugs are more of a threat to our society than all other drugs combined!

Locking people up for simply possession drug paraphanilia is costing us. Our children have an easier time buying LSD than alcohol, because there is no regulation. Prohibition only exacerbates the problem.

Thank you for your comment.
I was only trying to make the point that since the inception of the "WAR ON DRUGS" started by Nixion, and carried on throughout the last almost 4 DECADES, there has been TRILLIONS of dollars spent by our governement, only to make the problem worse. I can think of many things that could have made this country a better place, and kept them in the leadership role with that money. If we werent paying so much in property, income, sales and all sorts of other taxes, then maybe we could afford our own healthcare!

"MOST"???? No sir, not most. However, decriminalizing drugs, would not make it a free for all. If a person committed a crime on drugs, they would (and should) still be held accountable for the crime they commit..
For example using the drug alcohol is currently legal in this country, however, if you consume it in public, or you drive while under the influence of it, or rob the liquor store, you are commiting a crime. And therefore are charged accordingly. And Alcohol contributes to more deaths in this country than ALL illegal drugs combined including violent drug related deaths.

Also note, that first offense drinking and driving carrys a mandatory minimum of 2 days in jail in most states yet is known to kill thousands of people every year.

First offense POSSESSION of a relatively small amount of a CDC carrys a mandatory minimum of 5 years in Prision...just for possession...and I am not talking kilos of cocaine here.

Thank you to all who commented. I would like to continue this conversation, and I will be sending you friend requests.
My question now is, what do we do to decriminalize drugs.

I know its an uphill battle, The alcohol & tobacco industry would do all they could to keep their drugs legal. I know its a way to make a profit off of the poor.

But, in the big picture, I see money for medicare. Money for higher education. Reducing the national debt...etc...

I do not use illegal drugs. I may have a drink or two every so often. But, it is something that humans have done since the inception of time.

I am just so sick and tired of seeing people locked up for non violent & consentual "crimes".
I am tired of TRILLIONS of tax dollars go to this "WAR" & watching my mother who has worked since she was 9 years old, dying and suffering, because she can no longer afford healtcare, and does not quality for public healthcare.

I am ready to do my part, write to politicians, protest, whatever it takes to try to make a change. I am grateful that you all took the time out to read and comment. Even if you do not agree with me.

I know its long. But I promise its worth it. There are small movements around the country to try & make changes. Occupy for prisions.

I want my THREE TRILLION dollars back that the US has spent on this so called "WAR ON DRUGS" that has only made the illegal drug problem in this country worse!

Drugs be it Alcohol or any other substace is a social issue, NOT a criminal issue!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mcFg9LneKE&feature=share

This is a topic I feel very strongly about. I encourage you to please take the time to watch this documentary.

We need to take back control. We need health care, education, not incarceration.

I am with you on not having the time or energy for the silly games...

However, your statement "Men aren't attracted to me" is shocking....you look FABULOUS! I wish I looked that good, and you have a decade on me!

I am so sorry for your loss. My prayers go out to you and your family!

I dont know what to tell you on that one. I mean there is alot more to a relationship than sex. But sex and attraction is something that I have learned that gets ignored and forgotten about...maybe some relationship therapy would help reignite the spark...Men also have physical issues that make it more difficult to engage in sexual activity. In that case we all hope that we have someone by our side who loves us despite our appearance, or even physical abilities...
what ever you chose, just take your time and really think it through.

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