Thread: Legalizing Mary-Jane Yes or No?

Originally Posted by gwahir

How is that the same as being unbiased? Unbiased doesn't mean that I can't have an opinion.

I'm unbiased in the sense of having nothing to gain either way. There's no way for the issue to play to my personal preferences because, regarding marijuana, I have none. What I have is some knowledge of the issue, from which I have formed an opinion of whether it should be legalised. That's not the same as bias.

On the contrary, how many people do you know who smoke weed? Or what of the people who would decide to smoke weed if it is legalized? These people could be or your boss, friends, family, significant other, etc.

Originally Posted by TwoStoopid

On the contrary, how many people do you know who smoke weed? Or what of the people who would decide to smoke weed if it is legalized? These people could be or your boss, friends, family, significant other, etc.

If you dig any deeper you are going to be able to talk to gwahir in person. Just shut the fuck up.

Originally Posted by Killuminati

If you dig any deeper you are going to be able to talk to gwahir in person. Just shut the fuck up.

He is aptly named.

Originally Posted by TwoStoopid

On the contrary, how many people do you know who smoke weed? Or what of the people who would decide to smoke weed if it is legalized? These people could be or your boss, friends, family, significant other, etc.

Again: Bias doesn't mean just having an opinion, it means the tendency to skew results in a favorable direction while ignoring or downplaying information that contradicts your opinion. It doesn't matter if gwahir has friends, loved ones, etc. who smoke or would smoke marijuana; those things might inform his opinion, but that doesn't mean they bias him, and you are wrong to accuse him of bias unless you have evidence that he is inflating some evidence and downplaying other evidence because of his opinion. Bias is an observable tendency in people's behavior with regard to facts, not the presence of an opinion.