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Originally Posted by Locke9-05
Shiva, you've obviously not taken the very little time required to read back a few pages in this debate. I've posted numerous sources, time and time again (thank you Seer for assisting me on that detail  ). |
Sure, no problem. But could you give me some of your thoughts to the short posts I’ve made? I’ll repost them so you don’t have to go back.
The first post was:
“I’m not about to argue your point at all here but I’m just trying to clarify what you said. Would you say that you don’t believe pornography negatively impacts a person’s judgment to the point where it could lead to harm towards another person?”
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The second post was:
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Originally Posted by Oregon Elephant
BTW, if we were smoking pot, do you think that any of us whould want the drug to stay illegal?
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If you made your money selling drugs you would want it to stay illegal. Someone I know who sold pot made around $350 in two hours selling it. I can’t prove this to you but I’m just going to throw it out there anyway.
Another example of someone making a lot of money in a short amount of time is Gorge Jung. He was the main character in the movie “Blow” played by Johnny Depp. Gorge Jung was able to make thirty thousand dollars a week selling pot when he first started in the illegal drug trade.
Edit: Just to clarify, the move “Blow” is based off of a true story and Gorge Jung was a real person.
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George Jung was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Weymouth. He started out as a cannabis smuggler in the 1960s importing hundreds of pounds from Mexico, stealing airplanes, and flying from Puerto Vallarta to California. After quite a while his business grew to the point where he was making over $100,000 a month and had started using professional pilots; he was eventually arrested in Chicago with 660 pounds of marijuana at the Playboy Club
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George Jung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Do you not believe that the example I gave (Gorge Jung’s high profits in the illegal marijuana selling business) is
some evidence for the profit paradox? The profit paradox, if you do not already know (I’m sure you do), is the idea that the illegal product’s value will be artificially increased by the fact that they are illegal (harder to get), thus, stimulating the criminal activity surrounding the trade. Whereas, if said product were legal, the value would drop significantly eliminating all criminal activity relating to the distribution of the product. I believe I read a post of yours were you claim to have debunked this theory. If you already have, could you either repost that comment or explain it again for me?
If you don’t hear from me again tonight it is because I’m studying for my political economy exam tomorrow.