What we have in this country is a government attempting to punish people for trying to fight pain and incarcerate people for seeking harmless pleasure. It’s insane. There are no arguments for prohibition that make even the slightest sense. And yet, doing the right thing is apparently a non-starter for the current federal Congress. Because the Democrats, by and large, are a bunch of principle-free panty-waists. And because the Republicans, who should be defending individual freedom, have sold their soul to a bunch of puritans and hypocrites….
Andrew Sullivan
