Is This Scottish Mp's Boyfriend Having His Civil Liberties Infringed?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3270593/SNP-MP-claims-Rastafarian-boyfriend-denied-human-right-smoke-CANNABIS.html

[joggerjayne]

Of course, the redneck Americans would say that sex toys are responsible for the decline in moral standards, and that all of society is the victim.

[jno]

attempting suicide used to be illegal - you could go to jail and the crown seized your possessions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14374296

That'll teach you, obviously.

In fact I've read that it was a capital offence, but I don't know if that can be true.

[RandyMarsh]

Not all Americans feel the same way about sex toys
http://college.usatoday.com/2015/10/12/cocksnotglocks-protest-planned-by-university-of-texas-students/

[joggerjayne]

Happily, She Said, our local adult boutique, has an outstanding range of Mr Buzzy Rabbits.

I wonder if the owner is from Alabama? She doesn't sound redneck.

[mushroom25]

there's clearly a market in texas for sex toys shaped like guns.

[steg]

Joggerjayne
"Is this lady saying that, if the Scottish Parliament had devolved power regarding drugs, they would legalise cannabis in Scotland?

I suppose she must be. "

No she is not

[joggerjayne]

I don't see the logic, Steg.

She says that cannabis must be legalised, because being illegal infringes human rights.

So, if she and her party were given the power to legalise it ...

[anotheoldgit]

jno

/// JJ, no, I'm just being nosey. I want to see what all these paragons of attractiveness actually look like. It would help me to decide how much attention to pay to their posts. I could ignore the ugly ones completely. ///

That is being rather uglyophobia don't you think, oh pretty one?

[anotheoldgit]

Even uglyophobic

[steg]

For religious purposes jj

[anotheoldgit]

jno

/// it would make Scotland a tourist destination like Amsterdam, I suppose. You could smoke deep-fried spliffs. ///

Does anyone South of the Border really know what actually goes into Haggis?

[joggerjayne]

Aah, so she's saying that religious people should be allowed to use it ...

And non religious people, or people who follow a different religion ...

... should be banned from using it?

One suspects that every student in Brighton (or St Andrews) would suddenly see the Rastafarian light, and become converted.

[steg]

"During a Westminster debate on whether to decriminalise cannabis, the MP said more research was needed before making a final decision.
But she called on other MPs to consider the rights of Rastafarians."

It's not SNP policy it's her personal view

[joggerjayne]

Well yes, I appreciate it's her view.

But what I mean is ...

Would she campaign for her own party to legalise cannabis in Scotland?

Or is it one of those "hot potato" policies ... We want the Tories to legalise cannabis for certain groups, but we wouldn't do it ourselves in case it went horribly wrong?

[steg]

She may ask the SNP to back her but it's not part of any mandate/policy, so I would very much doubt if they would

[joggerjayne]

So she's asking the English Parliament to enact legislation which her own party would not enact or support?

Which makes her ...

A maverick?

A loose cannon?

So she's not really serious about this legislation. She's not going to attack her own party for failing to support her?

She wants to have a pop at the Conservatives for not addressing her boyfriend's problem. But, in fact, her own party wouldn't do anything about it either?

So she's just an attention seeker, wasting a bit of newspaper column space.

Parliament have better things to do than waste their time listening to her venting about her personal hobby horse.

[joggerjayne]

Incidentally, if his religious observance is that important ...

He can come to Brighton.

As long as he sticks to the beach, away from the prom, he can smoke all he likes, and nobody will pay him the slightest attention. Except the students, who might ask him for a light.

[steg]

joggerjayne
So she's asking the English Parliament to enact legislation which her own party would not enact or support?

Which makes her ...

A maverick?

A loose cannon?

No she is not asking the English Parliament anything (there isn't one)
She was asking that Rastas be taken into consideration in a debate

[steg]

*debate on whether to decriminalise cannabis

[steg]

joggerjayne
Incidentally, if his religious observance is that important ...

He can come to Brighton.

As long as he sticks to the beach, away from the prom, he can smoke all he likes, and nobody will pay him the slightest attention. Except the students, who might ask him for a light

Again he doesn't use cannabis