Alcohol, tobacco, fast food, soft drinks, etc. are the real thing. That's where the big money lies. There is a cheap alternative you can grow anywhere? Ban it, we (the industry) don't want that!
2. It makes you think...
about reality, society, life, religion, politics, etc. You can't go on a spiritual journey to Sageland and come back the same. We (the governmental, capitalistic and religious puppeteers) don't want you to change. We invested a damn amount of time, effort and money to condition you just like we want you to behave. In the end you might even start thinking money is not that important. Ban it, we don't want that!
3. It makes you want to act...
as a result of 2 in order to change things for the better. If we learned one thing from the 60s psychedelic revolution... these things must be nipped in the bud. Keep to yourselves and fear your neighbour, that's how we keep you under control.
4. Privatized prisons require a steady flow of "customers"
A new line of business creates a new type of demand. We can't maintain that fancy internment camps and still make profits without a good number of inmates. Of course we prefer inmates of peaceful nature, not the real bad guys that always cause trouble. Come to Florida, grab some Sage, get convicted and call a tent your home for the next 15 years
5. Salvia is the new Crack
That's the truth and nothing but the truth, because we say so... not once, but 1000 times. You have to fear it, because it will eat your soul and you need to fear all people that handle it, because they are terrorists and want to kill you and your family. But not all is lost yet. Elect us and we will ban it and make this nation/state safe again. Do it for your children or Sage will turn them into devil worshippers, Sage whores and brutal killers. Do it now! Even if we can't get anything else right, at least we will ban Sage. That's how we show (pretend) you that we do care.
6. If it's not prohibited, the government signals it's harmless
It could be mistaken to be as harmless as guns, alcohol, cigarettes, knives, fast food or... God forbid... hair spray. Everything should be banned that is not proven to be absolutely harmless even in the hands of the worst madman or the clumsiest fool on this planet.
7. It might be benevolent for people's health
Pharma corporations have an exclusive licence on helping people... for a modest and absolutely appropriate price of course. You're looking for alternatives? Traitor! You can't take responsibility for you own health, because it will kill you and... well, it ruins our profits. In the end someone will even come up with a cure for cancer, our greatest business field ever. Never!
8. We (the dumb people) don't understand it
But it says 'drug', 'hallucinogenic', 'psychedelic', 'LSD' and so on, so it must be bad and therefore banned. Good we are being told, else we would have to think ourselves instead of parking our fat butts on the couch watching whatever the TV spits out.
Please feel free to add to the list. :)
[This was originally posted by gigaschatten (and used with their permission) on the E-Dot Forums]
