# Ayatollah Yawuntz, a moment of your time?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayatollah-yawuntz-a-moment-of-your-time/654527
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [April 1, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayatollah-yawuntz-a-moment-of-your-time/654527 "2013-04-01T14:03:36Z")
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### Author: ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ayatollah-yawuntz-a-moment-of-your-time/654527/6 "2013-04-02T02:57:17Z")

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I wasn’t “proud” of **Ayatollah Yawuntz** ’s post, but I did admire his ability towards diplomacy and restraint while at the same time poking a bit fun at your little diatribe. Note that this is what _I_ took away from the post. May not be what was intended.

[reverse hijack]  
Impaired driving is a bad thing. I’m sure your EMT skills are of the highest caliber and I don’t doubt for a second you’ve saved many lives. I’m questioning your forensic accident reconstruction skills. What are your qualifications in that regard? I’d like to know how you can surmise, without a doubt, that marijuana is the sole/direct cause of a wreck, 'cause that’s the kind of stuff we’d all like to know.  
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I’m genuinely curious about your animosity towards marijuana and its users. Why the hatred? Did Harry Anslinger tell you bedtime stories when you were a youngster? The vitriolic nature of your posts makes me you developed your opinion long before your EMT experiences.

Frankly, you express a certain naivety towards marijuana when you say things like this:

> [@If you saw someone smoking pot while driving, would you do anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-saw-someone-smoking-pot-while-driving-would-you-do-anything/654214/73):
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> It’s always amusing when a bunch of fairly intelligent stoners meet up to talk about how the straights just _cannot understand_ how perfectly in control they are while stoned. Driving a car, taking care of their children, performing their jobs. All just perfect. No problem here.
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> You want to stumble through your adulthood baked to the freakin’ gills, hey go for it. Go forth and party on, dudes.

Really? You know people that meet up to talk about how awesome they are stoned? Bullshit! You made that up didn’t you?

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