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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 229163" data-attributes="member: 412">What I'd rather do, is give the legislators the same type and amount of pain, suffering, loss of appetite, etc that just the cancer patients are going through just so they could have an inkling of the consequences of their inaction.&nbsp; But I can't do that.Public servants of any stripe deciding to forego their mandate and make up their own rules or refusing to act upon those they don't agree with is, IMO, exponentially more dangerous long-term than what MJ will be and here's why:If the legislature refuses to act and things have to be done via initiated measure then our system as a constitutional republic breaks down.&nbsp; The Red River Valley will run the show completely and the checks and balances on mob-rule anarchy are gone.- - - Updated - - -I'm still kicking myself 16yrs later for not going back or at least calling to speak with the Traill county sheriff when one of his deputies pulled me over @ 2:00 in the AM just because I was pulling a boat.&nbsp; Deputy claimed I hadn't slowed down for the 40 or 45MPH sign quickly enough.&nbsp; #1.&nbsp; Deputy wasn't anywhere near close enough to the sign to know when I'd slowed down (he was in the parking lot of the convenience store).&nbsp; #2.&nbsp; I made a point of being slowed down ~300yds before I reached the sign.&nbsp; I hadn't had a drop of alcohol all day/night.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 229163, member: 412"] What I'd rather do, is give the legislators the same type and amount of pain, suffering, loss of appetite, etc that just the cancer patients are going through just so they could have an inkling of the consequences of their inaction. But I can't do that. Public servants of any stripe deciding to forego their mandate and make up their own rules or refusing to act upon those they don't agree with is, IMO, exponentially more dangerous long-term than what MJ will be and here's why: If the legislature refuses to act and things have to be done via initiated measure then our system as a constitutional republic breaks down. The Red River Valley will run the show completely and the checks and balances on mob-rule anarchy are gone. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] I'm still kicking myself 16yrs later for not going back or at least calling to speak with the Traill county sheriff when one of his deputies pulled me over @ 2:00 in the AM just because I was pulling a boat. Deputy claimed I hadn't slowed down for the 40 or 45MPH sign quickly enough. #1. Deputy wasn't anywhere near close enough to the sign to know when I'd slowed down (he was in the parking lot of the convenience store). #2. I made a point of being slowed down ~300yds before I reached the sign. I hadn't had a drop of alcohol all day/night. [/QUOTE]

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