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Yet another 'voting help' website
BillieTheBot
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This one is quite good... but remember the decision is yours 
http://www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com/
Based on the policies I chose, apparently I should be voting for the Lib Dems... I thought that'd be the case.
http://www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com/
Based on the policies I chose, apparently I should be voting for the Lib Dems... I thought that'd be the case.
Beep boop. I'm a bot.
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I would not waste my vote.
though im going lib dem, i even flyer for them
Knew that.
Storm the Houses of Parliament... but we'll pay for the door!
Liberal Democrat
Your actual outcome:
Labour -46
Conservative -18
Liberal Democrat 46
UK Independence Party 7
Green 55
You should vote: Green
The Green Party, which is of course strong on environmental issues, takes a strong position on welfare issues, but was firmly against the war in Iraq. Other key concerns are cannabis, where the party takes a liberal line, and foxhunting, which unsurprisingly the Greens are firmly against.
hmm pretty much what i thought, didn't think i'd be so strongly in support of greens, but then i dont know their policies other than the environment obviously, i do care for the environment but am suspicious about the implications of sustainability on our freedom........i thought labour were ok but they seem to be getting more authoritarian, conservatives screw the little man over, and lib dems are a bit too liberal..........i want a middle of the road party.
i got lib dem anyway but only just about
I'm not sure I agree with party policy on care for the elderly, tuition fees or cannabis regulation.
I tend to think if you can pay you should and medical evidence suggest we should have reservations about the effects on mental and physical health thus legalisation of cannabis would be unwise.
I do understand their position, it was a bit of a joke.
I think the reason I didnt get higher on their score is because of my views on pensions and Europe.
Yes indeed there are potential problems, but are they being helped by the law?
I think legalisation would lead to higher rates of use. Can you better explain your point? Then I can let you know what I think?
maybe initially yes but in the long term i don't think so.........what about decriminalisation in holland/canada/switzerland? usage hasn't shot up........
http://www.thesite.org/homelawandmoney/law/election2005
The law as it currently stands acts as a very very little deterant, and because it is in the hands of crooks the quality control is not there and the profits fund other nastier crime.
Legal use might go up, but you could better give people information about use, you could make sure they werent smoking hash with shit in it.
Legalisation has potential downsides, but not as many as making it illegal.
It isnt a matter of legalisation being perfect, it wouldnt be. You have to look at the balance of harm.
I agree the current system is a poor compromise with little to offer. Please elaborate though on the flaws on making cannabis illegal other than difficulty in obtaining a joint. Also, I was under the impression it was the cannabis itself, not contaminants which were the subject of medical concern?
Well, there is the issue of people risking potentially very damaging criminal records, which could stop them getting jobs.
There's the whole criminal market which has grown up around it and other drugs, once you are used to buying things like this then you may well try something else.
There is the issue of what it does for society when many thousands of young people see the police as something to fear and loath because of the laws they enforce.
There is the issue of pesticides, fertilizers etc. which are used on the plants with no thought to the end user.
That and its so obviously a waste of police time, cannabis smokers represent so little threat to society its stupid, why should they be hounded?
Absolutely no sympathy for that one
I guess. If you're of that disposition, though that's still very much an individual choice, that individual is responsible for their own actions, not society.
So you're saying it's an unfair law? I'm no killjoy, some of my friends smoke cannabis, I'm happy for them to do so but I very much believe in personal liberties, choice and responsibility.
Same with food. They know that when they buy it. They don't have to.
If cannabis use leads to medical problems then it also leads to a cost to the tax payer. If the majority don't want to fund the consequences then I can see why they'd want to prevent the source. Similarly, I can see why the majority of society is unwilling to deal with the problems of the associated psychoses.
May 5th 2005.
You're probably on the Electoral roll somewhere. Have you been sent a polling card at home? Ours arrived today.
Oh no! Those crazy Europeans are plotting to chuck us out!
So you think that people caught with one spliff should be denied work, how does that help?
Oh, thats a new one to me, I didnt know there was quality control and guidelines with information given out when people bought cannabis, I must be behind the times.
I presume you know that the average recreational drug user costs the UK only 1% of the cost of drugs.
And phycosis caused by alcohol consumption? Why is that different and people seem willing to fund that.
People know the consequences of their actions when they choose to do them. If they don't we need an education effort, not a lack of policing effort.
I'm afraid you've picked the wrong argument with alcohol here. I don't drink and I'd encourage people to stop doing that.
So you are saying that people caught in possession of cannabis should be denied work? I ask again, how does that help?
No, I'm saying they should think about how it will affect their future lives before taking it. No-one forces someone to be a cannabis user.
Well no, but the punishment should fit the crime.
Even compared to the other drugs in Class C cannabis doesnt deserve to be there, its considerably safer than the Benzo's like Valium.
I'm not really interested in relative punishments. I have a personal strict no tolerance of drugs that's not going to change. I'd just give up and work on someone more open to your views if I was you?