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Old 02-07-2009, 12:14 PM
 
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Why boycott a comapny for what one idot did? makes no snese to me. It's like boycotting GM becuase thier CEO flew to washington on a corporate jet. may make you feel you got even but that is all.

i don't like the corporations that i buy from implying an endorsement of anything which infringes my civil liberties.
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Old 02-07-2009, 12:29 PM
 
Location: Pa
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Pot heads kill me. Well actually they just annoy me.Sort of like underage drinkers. Its not fair. Its injust. No its the law. Break it at your own risk and accept the consequences. If I get caught speeding I pay my fine. I danced and I'll pay the fiddler his price.
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Old 02-07-2009, 12:38 PM
 
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Pot heads kill me. Well actually they just annoy me.
what a pity! why, would it annoy you if it was legal?
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Old 02-07-2009, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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i don't like the corporations that i buy from implying an endorsement of anything which infringes my civil liberties.
How more idiotic can you get? How does Kellogs dumping Phelps in any way, shape or form infringe on your civil liberties?

Is smoking pot a civil liberty to you?
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:09 PM
 
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How more idiotic can you get? How does Kellogs dumping Phelps in any way, shape or form infringe on your civil liberties?

Is smoking pot a civil liberty to you?

drinking, smoking, eating, popping, injecting or snorting any substance into my own body of my own free will is most definitely a civil liberty. i most definitely do not approve of the nanny state telling me what i may or may not take.

IN MY OPINION, kelloggs statements were an implied endorsement of the war on drugs! idiotic or not it really peeved me. i prefer corporations to stay out of politics and politics to stay out of corporations.
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Kentucky/ Displaced Texan
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I think Kellogg's should have dumped him for the DUI to begin with. That was the worse offense in my opinion, this was him being a moron.
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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drinking, smoking, eating, popping, injecting or snorting any substance into my own body of my own free will is most definitely a civil liberty. i most definitely do not approve of the nanny state telling me what i may or may not take.

IN MY OPINION, kelloggs statements were an implied endorsement of the war on drugs! idiotic or not it really peeved me. i prefer corporations to stay out of politics and politics to stay out of corporations.
Unfortunately, the law(s) of the land is in disagreement with you.

You do have the option of protesting the decision by not buying their products - as I have the option of applauding the decision by buying their products. Ain't America great?
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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Drinking alcohol is legal. Pot is not! There are no exceptions, or at least there shouldn't be. American children look up to athletes as role models. Phelps broke the law and he needs to be punished. I think we need to hold our athletes to a higher standard. Vick went to prison for fighting dogs and that sends a message to our society. Break the law any you will go to jail regardless of who you are. I think Phelps needs to be punished. His saying he is sorry is to often the easy way out. He got caught once and that would indicate he has used many more times. I think he should lose all his sponsors, return his medals, and do the jail time.
If any parent uses a guy that swims well as an end all of models for their children they deserve whatever they get.
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:18 PM
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The funny thing is, most of the stuff Kellogg's makes is probably just as bad for you as pot.
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Old 02-07-2009, 02:20 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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Sorry ... but I've lived long enough to see plenty of news stories about problems caused by people who are "high". Car crashes involving teenagers where everyone is killed. Cars accidentally hitting and killing pedestrians. People shooting and stabbing other people. Gang related stuff.

Laws are made for a reason ... usually to protect society from known dangers.

When people are very "high", they are not in full control of their own actions, and they pose a risk to themselves and to others around them.
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA AHHAHAHAHAHAHH You are either LYING or DELUSIONAL. Sorry. Don't buy it. Provide me with a SINGLE reliable reference about someone getting high and going into a rage and will will totally reverse my position and decide that it should remain illegal.....I'm waiting.
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