“The fight against drugs is a relatively new one. Fire Departments weren’t so effective during their first few decades, either. Right now we’re still in the “bucket brigade” phase of fighting drugs.”
Wow what a horrible analogy.
There is no equivalence between drugs and fire. No one wants a fire in their home. Drug users do so out of choice. It’s called “freedom”, and it means people should have the right to whatever they like as long as it doesn’t directly affect anyone else - whether other folks like it or not.
Wow what a horrible analogy.
It's a great analogy for the drug warrior. I'm sure someday they'll want to put cameras and smoke detectors in every house "for the children", not unlike the requirement for smoke detectors and sprinklers for fire protection.
"Only in a police state is the job of a policeman easy." --Orson Welles
Sure there is. You choose to play with either, and you're gonna get burned.
"No one wants a fire in their home."
I'm sure a user high on Meth would love to see a nice big fire.
"Drug users do so out of choice. It’s called “freedom”, and it means people should have the right to whatever they like as long as it doesn’t directly affect anyone else - whether other folks like it or not."
It's a great argument, but with a gigantic flaw. Unless you're living on a desert island all by yourself with no friends or family to give a hang about you, that won't work. It ALWAYS ends up harming, hurting, or killing the people around you. Just ask my former classmate and his wife. Oh, wait, you can't. They're dead. Great recipe for irresponsibility and total anarchy.
The analogy was used to explain processes and technology used to combat fire and drugs. It was not intended to explain or make clear the reasons for those two disparate things (fire and drugs) existing or their impact on individuals or society.