Comments on: Pot: The Grandma Problem http://www.infiniteinjury.org/blog/2009/02/16/pot-the-grandma-sibling-meme-problem/ Good Analysis, Bad Grammar Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:11:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: TruePath http://www.infiniteinjury.org/blog/2009/02/16/pot-the-grandma-sibling-meme-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 TruePath Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:35:20 +0000 http://www.infiniteinjury.org/blog/?p=487#comment-2971 <p>I partly agree but I don't think this is true in a way that on it's own prevents the <em>legalization</em> of pot.</p> <p>Indeed, people often view drinking too much this way or even having a high calorie dessert. They feel they are doing something a little bad which makes it more exciting and it feels good to share this with others.</p> <p>However, that's a significantly different effect than what perpetuates significant penalties for drug use. People may like a bit of hypocripsy/rule breaking but they also feel that those who get caught doing it shouldn't pay too highly. No one would ever support a bill which threw you in jail for a week much less a year for lying to your boss about being sick.</p> <p>No, I think the primary effect keeping it illegal is the pressure not to be the irresponsible person who is saying that a behavior which we all admit poses risks isn't so bad.</p> I partly agree but I don’t think this is true in a way that on it’s own prevents the legalization of pot.

Indeed, people often view drinking too much this way or even having a high calorie dessert. They feel they are doing something a little bad which makes it more exciting and it feels good to share this with others.

However, that’s a significantly different effect than what perpetuates significant penalties for drug use. People may like a bit of hypocripsy/rule breaking but they also feel that those who get caught doing it shouldn’t pay too highly. No one would ever support a bill which threw you in jail for a week much less a year for lying to your boss about being sick.

No, I think the primary effect keeping it illegal is the pressure not to be the irresponsible person who is saying that a behavior which we all admit poses risks isn’t so bad.

]]> By: michael vassar http://www.infiniteinjury.org/blog/2009/02/16/pot-the-grandma-sibling-meme-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-2850 michael vassar Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:14:09 +0000 http://www.infiniteinjury.org/blog/?p=487#comment-2850 <p>I think that it may be worse than this. It may be the case that typical people approve of hypocrisy DIRECTLY. That is, "at night" as it were, they consider a person who is hypocritical and who has "secrets" to share and build closeness and vulnerability to be a better person than one who lives up to their purported rules. Of course, "in the day" as it were, they believe that they should be hypocritical about this sort of attitude too.</p> I think that it may be worse than this. It may be the case that typical people approve of hypocrisy DIRECTLY. That is, “at night” as it were, they consider a person who is hypocritical and who has “secrets” to share and build closeness and vulnerability to be a better person than one who lives up to their purported rules. Of course, “in the day” as it were, they believe that they should be hypocritical about this sort of attitude too.

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