[writer33]

Oh, I figure the fine that usually goes with the rehab will be about 5 million bucks, but who cares! It's only medical privacy at stake.(teehee!)

That's right. We must protect our citizens from themselves. It's for the children. Right?

This has absolutely nothing to do with a white, wealthy conservative man. :)

[Cold Heat]

I think it might be bigger than that.

I see some of the same folks who rail against the establishment and the patriot act, also push the "war on drugs".

Much of the legal procedures that they detest in the patriot act have their precedents in the war on drugs. I can't say if these things are worth it or not. Similar loss of rights occured to get rid of organized crime however.

Yet few make the connection because their convictions and principles have blinded them.

Unfortunately, convictions cannot be argued against and to try is to get flamed.

The same happens in the Immigration battles on FR, the Terri threads, and the Rush arguments. It is like bringing a gun to a pillow fight.

People with convictions need to state them one time and leave. They cannot argue them because a conviction cannot be compromised, making argument dangerous and tempers at risk.

Just some recent revelations that have come to me recently.:-) I find it a major impediment to discussion, all to often.