Indeed Hippies need to back off

After reading a post on Dans media blog, I came across a post about legalizing marijuana. Dan states that this may be a possibility during Obama's run as president, there are things the "hippies" should do in order to help this process go along. He does not think the hippies should rise up and be heard, and I agree. He believes that the hippies need to "keep quiet and stay out of the way," which I am in total agreement with. A great point that he has made is that the loudest voices for the legalization of marijuana are perfect examples of why it should remain illegal. He states "how can you be swayed to think that marijuana is a harmless drug when the hippies protesting its illegality are unemployed, smelly, and have yellow teeth."

Although not all hippies are unemployed, smell bad, and have bad teeth, some are. He makes this point when he says that most of the people who do smoke marijuana are normal citizens, and that to them, the plant is nothing more than something that relaxes them and makes them "silly." But he equates a small number of outspoken drunkards during prohibition to these outspoken hippies of today. If this small number of drunks raised as much stink as these hippies do, maybe alcohol would still be illegal. I agree with Dan that these outspoken hippies are not helping their cause whatsoever. I also agree with his suggestions as to what they can do instead of leading the fight for legalization, which are pretty hilarious.