Disjointed CNN Panel Almost Debates Legalization
May 12th, 2009 by RussCNN Anchor (and aptly named) Don Lemon ‘moderated’ a two-man panel this week that was set to theoretically debate the merits of legalization. Instead, the panel decided to debate the merits of having three people speak simultaneously at no one in particular.
The debate was sparked by a Governor Schwarzenegger speech that favored a serious look at the benefits of legalization. Former Presidential Drug Policy Advisor, Kevin Sabet, preferred to play semantics, arguing that Schwarzenegger simply wanted to ’study’ the effects, and had not taken an official position.
And so, while Mr. Lemon futilely replayed the clip over and over in the hopes that the Governator had actually endorsed a position, NORML head, Allen St. Pierre delved into his own diatribe about the general popularity of weed.
Meanwhile, Sabet attempted to sneak in the company line straw-man arguments about the ‘dangers’ of weed. Not that he gave any evidence or examples, mind you. Luckily for him, no one interested in having an actual debate was present at the time.
