# The scourge that is the demon weed

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 4, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scourge-that-is-the-demon-weed/805860 "2018-01-04T17:54:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![OwnRules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@OwnRules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OwnRules)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scourge-that-is-the-demon-weed/805860/241 "2018-01-14T10:43:37Z")

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[**Legal marijuana cuts violence says US study, as medical-use laws see crime fall**](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/14/legal-marijuana-medical-use-crime-rate-plummets-us-study)

Well then, can’t have that, violence is as American as apple pie!

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scourge-that-is-the-demon-weed/805860/242 "2018-01-14T17:30:30Z")

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> [@OwnRules](#):
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> Well then, can’t have that, violence is as American as apple pie!

Of course it is. An example;

I bought the movie Batman: Bad Blood from iTunes on Thursday. Love it, by the way.

But in reading through the reviews, I found several similar bad reviews, which complained about Bruce Wayne being shown in bed with several women (no nudity or sexual activity - and it was not ‘real’) and for having LESBIANS in the movie. :rolleyes:

No worries about people being killed, evil nuns being killed, violence, bloodshed and someone’s head exploding in a shower of blood (that then disappeared).

Yup, multiple people complained about showing a man and several women merely being in a bed together and two characters being lesbians, but were completely ok with all of the violence. :smack:

And I’d bet money those people call themselves “Christians”. ☹

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scourge-that-is-the-demon-weed/805860/243 "2018-01-14T18:27:14Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> Of course it is. An example;
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> I bought the movie Batman: Bad Blood from iTunes on Thursday. Love it, by the way.
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> But in reading through the reviews, I found several similar bad reviews, which complained about Bruce Wayne being shown in bed with several women (no nudity or sexual activity - and it was not ‘real’) and for having LESBIANS in the movie. :rolleyes:
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> No worries about people being killed, evil nuns being killed, violence, bloodshed and someone’s head exploding in a shower of blood (that then disappeared).
> 
> Yup, multiple people complained about showing a man and several women merely being in a bed together and two characters being lesbians, but were completely ok with all of the violence. :smack:
> 
> And I’d bet money those people call themselves “Christians”. ☹

Remember Super Bowl 38 back in 2004? The halftime show with the “wardrobe malfunction”? The comic strip _Get Fuzzy_ pointed out how unsettling it was that people were upset about seeing Janet Jackson’s nipple but were perfectly fine with the act including a man violently yanking the clothing off a woman. Apparently that action is normal, relatable and acceptable, but seeing a nipple, which we all have, is scurrilous.

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**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scourge-that-is-the-demon-weed/805860/244 "2018-01-14T19:53:19Z")

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> [@Randolph](#):
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> Apropos of nothing, the “Namaste, y’all!” usage in Southern yoga studios tickles me silly.

In New York City, it’s “Namaste, ya motherfuckers”

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