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by saas_co_de 2999 days ago
It is strange to tell this long compelling story and then half way through go, "oh, and btw, he has multiple convictions for drug dealing."

While I personally would like to see all drugs legalized that does not change the fact that there are laws.

The idea that the law should be suspended for anyone who has a compelling story that can get media attention and win popular appeal is freaking insane.

If you go down that road you go from a corrupt legal system to having no rule of law at all where the legal system simply punishes people arbitrarily based on how popular and appealing they are.