RB> ... okay, now what if your daughter or nephew or sister or whoever 
 RB> decides that
 RB> *they* want to smoke pot some time, will you be so forgiving of the law? 
 RB> It is 
 RB> easy for you to say that *you* will never do them, easily maneuvering 
 RB> away from
 RB> having to answer for the injustice of American law enforcement; but what 
 RB> if someone you loved was arrested?
I have a child who is an addict.  She has so far escaed arrest because I 
intervened and managed to convince her to go somewhere to detox, and worked 
with her to keep her clean.  She knows, however, that this behavior is 
illegal,
and if she manages to get herself arrested, she gets the same treatment as 
anyone else who makes a choice to behave in an illegal manner.
I love this child - but I loath the behavior.  The fact that I love her does 
not override the fact that there are rules from which she doesn't get 
exemption because she doesn't find them to be convenient.
SHE is aware of the consequences of her choices - and she understands that, 
whether the perception is that is it fair or not, if she makes a choice 
knowing that there are consequences that she has no bitch coming if she meets 
the consequences head on.
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