If someone is in there home, smoking marijuana why should he or she be arrested? They arn't doing anything. All arresting them will do is give them a record making thier life difficult and cost them money. If a group of friends who are 18 want to get together and have some beers and chill, why should they have to pay a fine and lose thier liscense? It is pretty unethical to me that the government would ruin peoples lifes for doing something that effects no one but themselves.
2007-10-09 11:58:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
So you are all telling me that as an adult, you don't feel you should have the right to live your life the way you want to? If the actions of another don't have an effect on anyone else why do you care what they are doing? The whole drug lord thing wouldn't even exist if marijuana where legal.
2007-10-09 16:14:47 · update #1
Ahh... the inexperienced teen and their impression that drugs are a victimless crime....
Let's see how many harvesters are beat by the drug lords, and the dealers who shoot innocents in gang drug wars etc...
Face it smokey, it IS against the law and when you do it you are breaking the law. When you do get caught, be prepared to pay the piper.
2007-10-09 12:03:00 · answer #1 · answered by DiamondDave 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as a victimless crime. In some cases, the criminal is the victim and in others the true victims are not always known. If someone is caught committing a "victimless crime", somehow the police found out that the crime was being committed. There was a complaint or some act that aroused suspicion. Perhaps a neighbor was bothered by the drinking party. A passerby may have smelled the aroma of pot being smoked. In these cases the complaint is lodged by the victim. The victim isn't necessarily hurt terribly, but a victim nonetheless.
2007-10-09 19:10:50 · answer #2 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is against the law, it is avlaid arrest. So of course it is ethical.
After several decades of this kind of logic from marijuana smokers, you'd think it would not be against the law by now.
But I am beginining the think that the reason for that is because so much potential effort is wasted on such minds, and there is limited leadership and rank-and-file capabilities left among those who care.
The laws can and probably should be changed, but it is up to numbers of people liek you who are too wasted to think clearly or care about the details to rise up and make the difference.
That probably means quitting completely to regain your faculties, and if you can do that, you won't be so worried about the law anymore :)
Pretty damn ironic isn't it?
2007-10-09 19:36:02 · answer #3 · answered by Barry C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A proper arrest can only be carried out if there is a victim or injured party. common law. crimes of malice are
offenses that require an arrest and inquiry.
Mala se
Mala prohibitum or acts that are prohibited are illegal and ought to be
contested and jurisdiction questioned.
2007-10-09 19:23:25 · answer #4 · answered by Communist Slayer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest answer is, it is illegal, persons doing it know it is illegal, therefore, it is not a question of ethics.
Especially since the officers making the arrests are not the ones who created the laws.
The ethical thing to do would be obey the law, and accept the consequences if you get caught breaking it.
2007-10-09 19:01:53 · answer #5 · answered by trooper3316 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because they are breaking the law. If you are speeding are you breaking the law? What if you are the only one on the road? The answer is yes in all cases.
2007-10-09 19:02:38 · answer #6 · answered by spacedude4 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are no victimless crimes...your wishful thinking does not make it so.
2007-10-09 19:01:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have yet to hear of a victimless crime.
2007-10-09 19:10:11 · answer #8 · answered by hoppykit 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋