Reply #19: We need sane policy ...

[RoyGBiv]

We need a complete change on the way we deal with drug use, particularly recreational drug use of drugs as relatively harmless as pot.

That's not even on my radar of the reasons I find today's outrage so silly. Of course this needs to be addressed without the laughing or blithe dismissals.

But -- and I say this as someone who was very much the stoner at one point in his life, the kind of stoner who looked askance at those who used a pipe because they had no idea how to roll -- I find the reaction to that answer ludicrous. It's no more ludicrous than any of the other random outrages of the day and a bit less ludicrous than some, but COME ON! Rather than suggest these people are smoking a little too much, I'm going to suggest they aren't smoking enough, which is what my OP's "joke" was meant to convey. One doesn't get high and get all outrage-y. If that happens, you're doing it wrong.