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Apparently the Dutch are not as smart as the Americans. It's simple: 1- Legalize Guns so people can shoot each other over anything 2- Privatize Prisons so that

Apparently the Dutch are not as smart as the Americans. It's simple: 1- Legalize Guns so people can shoot each other over anything 2- Privatize Prisons so that greedy CEOs can take over the "business" 3- Create laws that can criminalize you for any stupid thing you do, procedures that make everyone frustrated, and an economy that keeps you bankrupt most of the time

hellofunk 10y ago
I recognize your sarcasm. Upvoted.
pitaj 10y ago
> Legalize Guns so people can shoot each other over anything The pinnacle of honest characterizations /s
LeonM 10y ago
Of course you need to legalize guns, it's to protect yourself from other people with guns! The only solution to the shootings in the US is to equip more people with guns, you know, for "protection".
- skoczymroczny 10y ago
  Or to have a chance against a guy armed with a knife.
  - tynpeddler 10y ago
    Or for a small person to have a chance against a big person. Or an old person to have a chance against a young person. Or for one person to have a chance against lots of people.
zyx321 10y ago
All those measures will take a long time to take effect. You can't expect culture to change over night. Luckily if you want results NOW, all you gotta do is outlaw marijuana. Nothing fills prisons like a War on Drugs.
- micfar 10y ago
  Cannabis is technically a white-listed illegal substance, for which the possession, consumption, and sale is legal up to certain thresholds. Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell. Viz. The cannabis being sold is appearing out of thin air!
  - dtech 10y ago
    > Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell. Correct, it's a schizophrenic situation that pro-legalization and liberal parties have been trying to solve for a while. However, since 2002 more conservative, christian and/or centre-right parties have been ruling who ideally want to criminalize again so it's not getting solved any time soon.
taneq 10y ago
You don't really need point 3. It's implicit in point 2, because private prisons will allocate funds to lobbyists in pursuit of regulatory capture, resulting in 3.
john_reel 10y ago
Are you the waterflame that wrote the music for Geometry Dash?

hellofunk 10y ago

I recognize your sarcasm. Upvoted.

pitaj 10y ago

> Legalize Guns so people can shoot each other over anything The pinnacle of honest characterizations /s

LeonM 10y ago

Of course you need to legalize guns, it's to protect yourself from other people with guns! The only solution to the shootings in the US is to equip more people with guns, you know, for "protection".

skoczymroczny 10y ago
Or to have a chance against a guy armed with a knife.
- tynpeddler 10y ago
  Or for a small person to have a chance against a big person. Or an old person to have a chance against a young person. Or for one person to have a chance against lots of people.

zyx321 10y ago

All those measures will take a long time to take effect. You can't expect culture to change over night. Luckily if you want results NOW, all you gotta do is outlaw marijuana. Nothing fills prisons like a War on Drugs.

micfar 10y ago
Cannabis is technically a white-listed illegal substance, for which the possession, consumption, and sale is legal up to certain thresholds. Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell. Viz. The cannabis being sold is appearing out of thin air!
- dtech 10y ago
  > Amusingly, the sellers require a license and are not supposed to purchase stock to sell. Correct, it's a schizophrenic situation that pro-legalization and liberal parties have been trying to solve for a while. However, since 2002 more conservative, christian and/or centre-right parties have been ruling who ideally want to criminalize again so it's not getting solved any time soon.

taneq 10y ago

You don't really need point 3. It's implicit in point 2, because private prisons will allocate funds to lobbyists in pursuit of regulatory capture, resulting in 3.

john_reel 10y ago

Are you the waterflame that wrote the music for Geometry Dash?