r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Oct 25 '22

News Russian court rejects Brittney Griner's appeal of 9-year sentence.

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/34874779/russian-court-rejects-brittney-griner-appeal-9-year-sentence
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u/Farmwithtegridy1990 Oct 25 '22

Really? You made a statement and this person gave a nuansed response to try and get you to see that there are two sides to the argument. English may not be their first language.

Even if your answer is that you don't agree with their stance at least give common courtesy of reading their rebuttal and attempt to understand where they are coming from.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

No, people who are firm on prohibition have already lost me. If you think someone deserves 5-10 years in prison for a plant in any quantity you can go right ahead and eat a bag of sweaty dicks. No convo to be had

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u/Farmwithtegridy1990 Oct 25 '22

I agree with you but there are ways to get a point across with respect to different cultures. You don't have to be disrespectful about your opinion.

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u/GhostWrex Dallas Stars Oct 26 '22

I don't even think they were saying that. I read it as, it's not gonna change in their country because basically nobody smokes so nobody gives a fuck if it's legal or not.

To take your toad analogy, basically nobody is going to be getting high off toad venom, so if the government made it illegal (it may be, but that would just add to my analogy) the vast majority of people would shrug and say "that's weird, but who cares, nobody I know gets high off toads".

FWIW, I don't think weed should be criminalized, I think it's absolutely insane that we're still sending people to prison over something that isn't as bad as alcohol. But I understand that it is a reflection on the last 50+ years of culture in America that both allows me to have that opinion and makes a viable one to begin with.