[rollei_list] OT: War On Drugs
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,<rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:17:28 -0400
At 02:14 PM 3/18/2008, Rob Pritchett wrote:
>Well, I agree... The government's "war on drugs" has been quite
>successful... at least successful in that drugs are more plentiful and
>cheaper than before "we" started spending billions of dollars on creating
>the world's greatest prison population. It's been just as successful as
>their "war on poverty" - and for that matter - the war on Iraq.
Legalize all drugs, every one. We would have a=20
90-day period of having to pay for a LOT of=20
"Potter's Field Funerals" (to the non-USian in=20
our number, these are public-charge interments=20
for those who die destitute) and, afterwards, we=20
would have arguments over whether Cocaine from=20
one drug company gave a better kick than that=20
from another. So waht? The idiots would kill=20
themselves, as they do today, and our public=20
treasury would be relieved of billions of dollars=20
in futile efforts to prevent folks from what they are intending to do.
As to the "War on Poverty", well, I AM the=20
Freemaster of the King Canute Society. That says=20
it all trying to fight poverty is as futile as=20
attempting to sweep back the tide,.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh b=E0s fir gun ghr=E0s fir!
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