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A measure that would make Denver the first city in the United States to legalize the use of marijuana in such venues as clubs, bars and restaurants is expected to get enough votes to pass, backers and opponents of the initiative said on Tuesday.
The announcement comes amid a string of victories for proponents of medical and recreational marijuana use, with voters in California and Massachusetts approving ballot initiatives legalizing recreational use of the drug last week.
The Colorado measure will permit private businesses to allow marijuana use by adults in designated areas with certain exceptions. Backers of the initiative said it would make Denver the first city in the country where cannabis enthusiasts can enjoy the drug socially without fear of arrest.
"This is a victory for cannabis consumers who, like alcohol consumers, simply want the option to enjoy cannabis in social settings," Kayvan Khalatbari, a Denver businessman and lead proponent of the so-called I-300 measure, said in a statement on Tuesday.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @08:51PM
There are laws about discrimination. The libertarian viewpoint of anyone can do whatever they want on their private property is deeply flawed and quickly breaks down.
Discriminating against people as a business, illegal.
Discriminating against people as an individual? That's your right, just don't break any laws in doing so.
Some POCs don't want to live with a white person? That's their choice unless they are in university housing and are assigned roommates by the institution.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @08:55PM
Why shouldn't businesses be allowed to discriminate?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @09:24PM
Then go ahead: break it down for me.
Mostly false except in one case: if the business wants something from government, then the government can stick its rules to the business. Example: commercial truck drivers are buried in paperwork and almost have to be full-fledged mechanics, whereas a random glance at any given street reveals how dangerous and ignorant many noncommerical people are behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.
If you're selling tacos from your food truck, fixing computers, making widgets in your garage, or running some other similar small-business, then no, government has no authority to violate the First Amendment and meddle with you. Freedom of Association cuts BOTH ways, positively and negatively. If I can't grab you at gunpoint and make you rub elbows with a smelly, diseased bum of $random-color, neither can I delegate that task to any government to do for me.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @11:15PM
Libertarianism requires that people act responsibly and not infringe upon others. History shows that it just doesn't work out that way. In the future maybe, once humanity drops a lot of the crud it carries around like religious intolerance, racism, sexism, etc.
As for discriminating as a business, try putting up a sign saying no "your least favorite group" allowed. See how quickly you're in court.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 19 2016, @12:01AM
Howso? Murder, fraud, theft, and similar acts are still considered criminal acts under libertarianism (which I am emphatically NOT defending specifically) since the premise of "humans have equal unalienable rights" forbids such trespasses, and would-be criminals (even armed) are largely deterred by a well-armed populace who don't need government permission slips to tote weapons around.
Another naked assertion? "History shows" that people are generally peaceful and tolerant, tolerant even to a fault leading to their detriment. See the Declaration of Independence for a 1700s-era citation. Traditional criminals flourish when black-robed criminals encourage crime with the guns of government, such as the Prohibition, Prohibition 2 aka the War on Some Drugs, all gun control laws (before and after 1934), mandatory Prussian-style "education", allowing the legislative branch to whore itself out to corporate interests which in turn use "regulation" to prevent honest competition, and on and on and on.
No, the solution is to call a spade a spade: demand an end to ALL criminality and fight ALL criminals when they confront you.