[mugs99]

You're quoting me out of context, of course. Had you bothered to read any of my previous posts on this issue

I read every one of your posts. I did not quote you out of context. The context of your posts are not based on reason, fact or historical example. They are based on religious dogma. You support a Sin War, plain and simple. Why don't you have the honesty to admit that?

you'll see that my arguments against state sanction of things such as gambling, mind-altering drug use, prostitution, et al

We are not debating state sanction of gambling, drug use or prostitution. We are debating state sanction of a war against the right of self determination found in the Constitution.
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[Zon]

We are not debating state sanction of gambling, drug use or prostitution. We are debating state sanction of a war against the right of self determination found in the Constitution.

Applause!!!

[Rembrandt_fan]

You wrote, "You support a Sin War, plain and simple. Why don't you have the honesty to admit that?"

Honesty isn't the problem here, at least not my problem. I don't advocate a war on drugs out of some sense of righteous indignation fueled by religious fervor. I advocate a war on drugs because the alternative--legalization--is detrimental (at best) to the continuance of a free society. Historically, drug use presages cultural and societal decline. One of the central reasons for the decline of the Islamic caliphate, for example, which enjoyed lit streets and the invention of algebra while London was a Dark Ages morass, was the pervasive use of hashish. Remember the greatness of ancient Chinese civilization? One word: opium. Look it up.

Implementing laws and public policies that either passively allow or publicly endorse destructive individual behaviors has a destructive effect on the political entity as a whole. That's what I've been saying. That's pretty much all I've been saying.

[headsonpikes]

We are not debating state sanction of gambling, drug use or prostitution. We are debating state sanction of a war against the right of self determination found in the Constitution.

Another candle lit.