JOHN SCALZI says we should legalize pot, so that we can get over trying to kill off marijuana usage, and instead attack the real evil: the pot culture that has subjected us to jam bands, Ben & Jerry, and hemp underwear. Once marijuana’s legal, he figures, all that stuff will lose its rebellious appeal and wither away. Scalzi concludes:

You may think it’s asinine to legalize pot simply to squash stoner culture and make potheads change the subject. But just think–if it works, we can use this strategy in other ways to make life more pleasant for the rest of us. Today the tokers, tomorrow PETA. Hell, I’d happily go vegetarian to have the lot of them drowned in a sack.

John Scalzi: repressive tolerance for the 21st century!