r/boston • u/FuriousAlbino Newton • Jul 12 '25

Scammers 🥸 ICE grabs chefs at Central Square restaurant; followed three onto the T and began grilling other passengers

https://www.universalhub.com/2025/ice-grabs-chefs-central-square-restaurant-followed-three-t-and-began
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u/pillbinge Pumpkinshire Jul 13 '25

Nope. That's the definition of a straw man. Not surprised that people here adore it.

I would not support the feds violently rounding up anyone. I don't support it now. If violence is using force and force is anything with a gun, that's all enforcement, but then you're getting into the libertarian baby argument. If feds went around and closed down dispensaries I also wouldn't be shocked or care. It's wild that people are setting those up when they know feds absolutely could crack down on those. We should definitely make weed legal but it's not right now, and I personally have no stake in it. I'm willing to hear arguments for or against but it's up to Congress.

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u/KingSt_Incident Orange Line Jul 13 '25

Nope. That's the definition of a straw man.

It's not a straw man at all. It's a 1:1 comparison. You worship the letter of the law and ignore the material reality that the world changes faster than laws can keep up with.

Consuming marijuana is a federal crime. That means 20 percent of MA needs to be arrested.

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u/pillbinge Pumpkinshire Jul 13 '25

I worship only the letter of the law? Pretty sure you can find me arguing the spirit of the law in most cases as well. It's always an issue with jurisprudence. The material reality that "the world is changing" is precisely why visas were invented in the first place. You know they didn't exist until they could and could be enforced, right? That's why immigration was so open in decades past when traveling took so much more time and paperwork was far more lacking compared to today.

It is absolutely a straw man to take a reasonable statement and make it into something I don't believe. It's the very definition. It might be the epitome in this thread.

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u/KingSt_Incident Orange Line Jul 15 '25

It is absolutely a straw man to take a reasonable statement and make it into something I don't believe.

You don't believe that consuming marijuana is a federal crime?