Where's the Compassion (forget the War on Drugs already!)

National Review Online ^ | 12/19/2003 | Doug Bandow

[jmc813]

Turn your sarcasm detector up, Joe. I'm on your side of this debate. I was satirizing the drug warriors.

[Joe Bonforte]

Just like I said already...even Onion articles have a kernal of truth and a whole lot of BS added. At least the Onion admits to being satire.

Sorry. But you should know by now that these guys are beyond parody.

[jmc813]

I would dearly love to take the credit but I'm fairly sure it ended up here on it's own (lack of) merit.

There were a lot of illegal immigration threads moved to the backroom this week for no good reason. Several of the well-known drug warriors are often the contrary voices on those threads too.

[KEVLAR]

The fact that these threads exist, are read, and commented on tends to disprove your statement re lack of merit.
Speak for yourself.
Why are you here?

[tacticalogic]

Disjointed ad hominems still don't cut it, but keep it up anyway. The more you screech, the sillier you look.

[CWOJackson]

Imagine that...the mods are cleaning house?

[Joe Bonforte]

Just like I said already...even Onion articles have a kernal of truth and a whole lot of BS added.

At least the Onion admits to being satire.

You just can't stand it, can you? I only cited them as the first source of statistics I found. And rather than deal with that fact, you'd rather cast around innuendo to try to discredit the source (even though the ultimate source is the DOJ).

Anything but admit the truth. Another drug warrior poster talks about how arrests for pot are not that common in his experience, and I trot out the facts to prove that he's wrong. And rather than just say, "Well, you got us there", you'd rather talk about irrelevancies, and generally muddy up the argument as much as you can.

That's standard liberal tactics. They do it all the time when they have no reasoned argument on their side. How does it feel to use the same style of argument as James Carville?

[CWOJackson]

Why am I here in the Smokey Backroom?

It gives me something to do while I sip my legal coffee.

[Joe Bonforte]

Whoops, I pasted the wrong thing on that reply. Too many things going on at once today.

[CWOJackson]

Of course you would go to them for sourcing first...their website is full of all kinds of interesting BS for those who are fighting the war of dope independence.

[KEVLAR]

If that is your only reason, why don't you try to do it well. Arrogance is no substitute for thought and intelligent discussion.

[jmc813]

Imagine that...the mods are cleaning house?

What was worth "cleaning" on those immigration threads that were sent there? C'mon, you live near the border. I would hope that you'd take a hard line against illegals.

[CWOJackson]

"Arrogance is no substitute for thought and intelligent discussion."

Hey, we finally agree on something. I always though basing the arguments of legalization on third world socialist nations and the 9th District Court not just arrogant but plain stupid.

[CWOJackson]

I'm totally opposed to illegals...but I have also noticed that some of those threads are way over the top.

[KEVLAR]

That was in reference to the cleaning house comment, but I would agree that the 9th is not a good example for much unless we are talking about dementia.

[CWOJackson]

See...we're half way there on agreement.

[jmc813]

but I have also noticed that some of those threads are way over the top.

You are correct. The thing is, though, that the threads in question were not. Therefore, I personally feel that one of the mods has an itchy trigger finger. Just an observation. I'll refrain from saying more on this for fear of the Viking Kitties.

[tacticalogic]

I always though basing the arguments of legalization on third world socialist nations and the 9th District Court not just arrogant but plain stupid.

Any thoughts on the Justice Department basing theirs on the UN?

[KEVLAR]

Well, you got me there as well, I would prefer we stick to the US constitution, not the UN charter or policies of other nations. However, it looks like the USSC would like us to start considering the opinions of foreign jurisdictions anyway.

[jmc813]

Any thoughts on the Justice Department basing theirs on the UN?

Zing. Shall I bring up the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation now or later?