From: Randall Parker 

To repeat what I told Gary Wiltshire in another thread:

I don't see the relevance of Limbaugh's position on drug legalization. If
he was against legalized murder and he murdered someone would it matter
that he was against murder?

The whole problem with the "he is against this and the hypocrite did
it" argument is that people often do things that they and many others
think are bad things to do. Lots of sinners know that they sin. Should we
prefer or expect the sinners to instead label the sins as virtues or as
morally neutral acts?

I know someone who is addicted to one drug which she started taking while
in an extended period of pain from a medical condition who admits her
addiction is a problem and who is, at the very same time, even more worried
about a friend of her's who is abusing an even more harmful drug. I find
her worries and sense of failing to be eminently sensible. At the same time
i recognize that she's got an addiction that she doesn't sufficient will or
strength to break free of. Tragic. Since I've tried and failed at
considerable expense to help her out of other destructive modes she's
gotten into I am not optimistic about success with her latest problem.

Judy Folkenberg wrote:

>
> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>
>
>>>>While I am no fan of Rush Limbaugh I found this part of his addiction
speech
>>
>>well done. (Hopefully he means it)
>
>
> I remain unimpressed.  I love it.  Rush is a druggie  and a huge hyporcrite!
He
> once said that he thought drug addicts should "be sent up and put
in jail."
If
> he practices what he preaches, should he serve time in jail?   First Bennett,
> now Limbaugh.
>
> Judy
>
>
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