Originally Posted by copwriter
I'll still take the U.S. over Costa Rica.
I'm guessing from your comment about rhe marijuana seed that you're opposed to the way that most drug laws are administered, so I won't go there. I'm just wondering what you would propose for the other people in prison that are not there for drug-related offenses? I'm not totally opposed to your viewpoint, but I'm wondering what you would propose to do with offenders that you don't think should be in prison?
I am not offering solutions. Only facts. How can anyone say the US is free when more of its citizens are in jail than any other country, including China with 5 times the population?
I don't have a viewpoint either way on the marijuana issue, obviously, you do.
At least in Costa Rica, you are responsible for your own actions. If you step in a pothole in broad daylight and break your ankle, guess what, it is YOUR fault. You can't sue the city, or the state, or the asphalt company, or the paving company or anyone else. (Well you can but your lawsuit will take many years to be heard then laughed out of court)
I had no idea just how restricted my life in the US had become until I lived in CR for 5 years or Europe for 2 years. The best thing I ever did was to pack up my family and leave. My kids don't have to go through metal detectors to enter their school. My nieces can walk alone at night in Malta and not have any worry of being kidnapped and raped.
The US is still the easiest place in the world to make money. That is where I make mine. I just don't care to live in a country where things like the TSA and Homeland Security exist. Very scary. Very 1934 Germany.