Tuesday, November 2, 2010

One for the Road: Would the Dude support the Legalization of pot?

I would be remiss if I didn't interject politics into my last blog. Today is officially mid-term election day around the country and California has a proposition on the ballot to legalize marijuana. The fictional Dude lives in LA, this vote would have an immediate effect on his life. So the question I should be asking is would the Dude take a break from staring at his ceiling and go vote in support of the proposition to legalize pot? I probably wasted time asking such a slam dunk question because the dude seems to enjoy his weed. But that's not the only reason why the dude would involve himself in these efforts. The Dude might seem to allow convention to pass him by but he does not seem to ignore a call to action. He claimed to have taken up some type of role in or in consortium with ROTC during Vietnam. And throughout the film, no matter how effective or ineffective he was, the dude pursued the active role in the movie, accepting tasks and solving problems when he could have chosen not to further involve himself.

But what sucks for The Dude is that just like in the case of the "kidnapped" bunny, involving himself would make no difference. There aren't enough young people who smoke the stuff who will come out to vote to counter all the old people who will vote against it because they understands how lazy the shit makes you. So all The Dude's out there who simply abides, will have to continue abiding to everything except the law. So keep puffing, keep on illicitly puffing.

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