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Old 01-19-2015, 08:24 PM
 
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Really, it certainly is expressed more than once. Have you seen other options listed? "White rocks" are a serious issue.
Crack is whack. No, seriously, I wouldn't exactly be thrilled if I saw a hand to hand in Crazy Mocha while I was trying to read a book and trying to enjoy a cup of coffee. Still, I wouldn't call 911, not because I approve of people dealing in coffee houses (I don't), but because arrests don't stop people from buying or selling drugs.

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Old 01-19-2015, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Crack is whack. No, seriously, I wouldn't exactly be thrilled if I saw a hand to hand in Crazy Mocha while I was trying to read a book and trying to enjoy a cup of coffee. Still, I wouldn't call 911, not because I approve of people dealing in coffee houses (I don't), but because arrests don't stop people from buying or selling drugs.
And that's your opinion. I agree with the OP and norcider that doing something is better than doing nothing, rather than turning a blind eye as though it's no big deal and assuming nothing will be done about it.

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Old 01-19-2015, 08:49 PM
 
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As long as one is of proper age guns and alcohol aren't illegal. If you'd like to start a thread about guns and alcohol it's a different argument.

The post refers to a drug deal and you condoning it and it's use.
  • Drugs cause huge issues and problems in society; they should be outlawed and those involved with them should be punished.

  • Guns cause huge issues and problems in society; they should be banned and those involved with them should be punished.

  • Alcohol causes huge issues and problems in society; it should be banned and those involved with it should be punished.

Seems like exactly the same argument to me. The only difference is the law; I don't blindly base my moral code off of constantly changing laws made by man. Just because something is sometimes bad doesn't mean it is always bad.
 
Old 01-19-2015, 08:55 PM
 
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And that's your opinion. I agree with the OP and norcider that doing something is better than doing nothing and turning a blind eye as though it's no big deal and shrugged off as being okay.
Not calling 911 in this situation does not equal condoning the purchase and sale of crack. I think garden variety, small time drug deals are better dealt with as a public health problem. Anyway, we can agree to disagree about whether calling 911 was the way to go here.
 
Old 01-19-2015, 09:02 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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  • Drugs cause huge issues and problems in society; they should be outlawed and those involved with them should be punished.

  • Guns cause huge issues and problems in society; they should be banned and those involved with them should be punished.

  • Alcohol causes huge issues and problems in society; it should be banned and those involved with it should be punished.

Seems like exactly the same argument to me. The only difference is the law; I don't blindly base my moral code off of constantly changing laws made by man. Just because something is sometimes bad doesn't mean it is always bad.
Constantly changing laws as in referring to drugs? Are "white rocks"/crack legal somewhere in the US?

Until the laws are changed your comparison of drugs to guns and liquor doesn't hold water as far as legality goes, which is what the original post refers to.
 
Old 01-19-2015, 09:22 PM
 
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Personally I would have said something (I saw basically the same thing going down at 'Local' at a table across from where I was sitting about a year ago and loudly called them out & watched them get very sheepish & quickly leave). Probably didn't accomplish much in the grand scheme of things but then again I doubt the cops did anything at all if 911 is called.
 
Old 01-19-2015, 10:18 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Perhaps you should think about the children
Oh this old trope.
 
Old 01-19-2015, 10:21 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Perhaps you should think about the children that drugs affect rather than condoning it and turning a blind eye.

Guns and alcohol aren't in the OP's post.
If you're going to consider it a "trope" quote the entire post.
 
Old 01-19-2015, 10:22 PM
 
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Did children have anything to do with the drug scene at Crazy Mocha? I can't even think of a time I saw anyone younger than 18 going in a coffee shop by themselves.
 
Old 01-19-2015, 10:24 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Did children have anything to do with the drug scene at Crazy Mocha? I can't even think of a time I saw anyone younger than 18 going in a coffee shop by themselves.
Don't know. Wasn't there. Were you?

Why would they have to be by themselves to be influenced or affected by the use of crack?

With such little resistance to the openly selling/using of crack/drugs, I can certainly understand how and why it was/is done so openly at a public establishment as the OP described.

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