Phony degree.

I don't get why pilots preach about legalizing marijuana... Do I think it should be legalized or at the very least decriminalized? Yes. It's ridiculous how many tax dollars are (in my opinion) wasted on the court and penal system for asinine things like marijuana. Not to mention if legalized and taxed it could create a nice way for states to further fund public schools and the like... But as pilots we will never be allowed to smoke it. Not ever. And to go on preaching about legalization only serves to paint us in a bad light to the public eye. Just my .02
 
chrisreedrules said:
I don't get why pilots preach about legalizing marijuana... Do I think it should be legalized or at the very least decriminalized? Yes. It's ridiculous how many tax dollars are (in my opinion) wasted on the court and penal system for asinine things like marijuana. Not to mention if legalized and taxed it could create a nice way for states to further fund public schools and the like... But as pilots we will never be allowed to smoke it. Not ever. And to go on preaching about legalization only serves to paint us in a bad light to the public eye. Just my .02
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There's a lot of stuff that I'll choose not to partake in that I think are worthy causes to work towards. Not to get all political, but gay marriage is one of them. I have no intentions on marrying a dude, but I think its important that those who wish to be given the chance. Just because I'm not willing to participate doesn't make it an unworthy cause.

That said, the pot cause is different. I agree that lots of money is wasted because of the illegality of marijuana. But other than that, I don't really care if its legal or not. Most people who are championing the legalization of weed aren't doing it because of financial responsibility. As I said earlier (I think in this thread) I question the life priorities of anyone who has the legalization of weed as their biggest concern in their life, unless it is from a purely financial standpoint.
 
I never tried it and don't have any interest in it, but I don't have a problem with it being legal.

What does annoy the BEJEEBUS out of me is going to a function and there's a bunch of blond-dreadlocked dudes who haven't bathed in a week demanding I sign a petition and how I'm a bad person for not wanting to "join the cause".

Adult literacy is a cause, marijuana legalization is down there with whether we should divide the city into municipal water districts for taxation purposes.

I'm going to an art festival and you reek of patchouli and fromunda cheese.

There are bigger things going on than to stop the sociopolitical machinery in order to spend time worrying about pot. I think the idea that 30% of high school graduates in my state still think Alaska is an island just to the north of Hawaii is a much larger threat to the future prosperity of our nation.

Legalize it or not, I really don't care about the timeframe.
 
Derg said:
I think the idea that 30% of high school graduates in my state still think Alaska is an island just to the north of Hawaii is a much larger threat to the future prosperity of our nation.
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I loled. "BUT IT'S THERE ON THE MAP!!!"
 
jtrain609 said:
And everybody in management will also have an undergraduate degree, likely from an ivy league institution.

It's also why the CEO's at Delta and United have their J.D.'s, the CEO's at American, Alaska have MBA's, and the CEO at Hawaiian has a masters degree in Aeronautics.

So yes, if you think getting a degree is a terrible idea, you've found out something that all these incredibly intelligent, and highly successful people completely missed out on.

Please, don't get your degree.

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Except regional management. No degree required for that.
 
Derg said:
There are bigger things going on than to stop the sociopolitical machinery in order to spend time worrying about pot. I think the idea that 30% of high school graduates in my state still think Alaska is an island just to the north of Hawaii is a much larger threat to the future prosperity of our nation.
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I bet the next thing you are going to tell me that Australia is bigger than Greenland, but you're wrong.

See:

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Screaming_Emu said:
There's a lot of stuff that I'll choose not to partake in that I think are worthy causes to work towards. Not to get all political, but gay marriage is one of them. I have no intentions on marrying a dude, but I think its important that those who wish to be given the chance. Just because I'm not willing to participate doesn't make it an unworthy cause.

That said, the pot cause is different. I agree that lots of money is wasted because of the illegality of marijuana. But other than that, I don't really care if its legal or not. Most people who are championing the legalization of weed aren't doing it because of financial responsibility. As I said earlier (I think in this thread) I question the life priorities of anyone who has the legalization of weed as their biggest concern in their life, unless it is from a purely financial standpoint.
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Yea same here... I could care less who wants to marry who and how many wives or husbands or whatever a person wants. This is the United States of America. People should be able to come here and live a life as they see fit without persecution as long as they aren't causing harm to anyone else. It disgusts me to see how polarized people get over these issues and yet pay so little attention to the real issues that decide our future as a nation. I get that the family unit is the foundation of the middle class and the middle class is the foundation for American exceptionalism... But just because one family has a different structure than another isn't the end of "the American way of life" like the religious right seems to think. And this is coming from a staunch fiscal conservative. Anyways... Um... /thread drift!
 
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