Look, do you know what people did when alcohol really became illegal
? They didn't stop drinking it, they just smuggled it in. And when cops got in their way, they killed themselves plenty of cops.
Al Capone is still the most notorious gangster in history, after 70 years. Know what he did all that for? To smuggle alcohol.
As for the actual topic, was I the only one who noticed this line?
edited 24th Jun '11 9:19:34 AM by BlackHumor
My point is, yes, some anarchists are in it for that reason, but hardly all of them, and you need to stop thinking of a centuries-old political philosophy as existing for such stupid reasons. People do sometimes put thought into what they say. There are reasons to oppose the war on drugs that aren't "I want to get high". Lulzsec is not solely doing this hacking shit so they can get high. You are reducing people to stereotypes so that you can complain about them without thinking or even considering anything they say to rationally reject it. Stop.
^Latter day COINTELPRO? :/
edited 24th Jun '11 9:19:03 AM by Tzetze
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Maybe, maybe not. Stoners still have to live, so of course they're going to want other reasons too. At the very least, following everything I've seen from violent druggies (on here and elsewhere) I have every reason to think that it's their primary reason.
In any case, I've got stuff to do, so I'm off.
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_cannabis_in_the_United_States
Lets just say, the reasons for Marijuana's original banning were one third racism, one third that a related plant, the hemp plant, is one hell of a wonder fiber, and one part people convinced that marijuana makes young people into immoral monsters. Though I've also seen a great many websites and a couple text sources I dont have on hand claim another motivating factor was believing it turned immigrant mexicans and random black people into rapists and criminals because they werent as capable of controlling themselves on drugs as white people.
You don't know that they are drug users of any kind.
Well, I guess it's not much of a stretch to assume hackers are addicted to caffeine.
edited 24th Jun '11 9:26:39 AM by Tzetze
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Explain how the Netherlands has one of the lowest murder rates in the world
despite also having de facto legal marijuana
.
Portugal is only a little further down on that list, and it also has decriminalized marijuna.
The Czech Republic is only a little further down still (still way higher than the US) and it has some of the most liberal drug laws in Europe.
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Barkey for president.
And I'm still going with "hack the politicians." They introduced and voted on the law, they're the one responsible for it.
I would even go so far as to say "hack the American Legislative Exchage Council" because its basically corporations directly telling politicians what policies they want to have set.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryWell, that was what I was going for...
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryThey only need one Spanish speaker to be able to understand them, and Spanish is one of the most common second language among American English speakers.
Honestly, though, I'm not sure what the huge objection to SB 1070 is in the first place. But that seems like it'd lead in another off-topic direction.
Belief or disbelief rests with you.Screw Lulzsec, I dont care if sometimes they go after targets that deserve it, they also hack innocent video game companies 'for the lulz'
Sorry, Its not worth getting one possible target when they attack 5 others for no reason.
I wish everyone would freaking ignore these guys. They feed off this attention, they probably are laughing their assess off every day.

Honestly, half of the original war on drugs grew right out of racism pure and simple. One of the major reasons cited as to why to ban shit like Marijuana was because it "turned black people into white woman raping animals."