Government Against the People

Words of Truth ^ | Aaron Armitage

[A.J.Armitage]

There will be few civilians (except perhaps young children) in Afganistan shortly. They will either side with the taliban, or with the northern alliance. The choice will be theirs to make. Excellent post, thanks.

You may be right about that. We'll see.

Although I doubt the Taliban could bring themselves to arm their women, even in a dire emergency.

[Equality 7-2521]

If it's not too much trouble, I would like to be added to your flag list as well. I'm right up in Rockford, BTW.

[A.J.Armitage]

I know, propaganda is often presented that way. As though it is an accepted idea. Well, it's not.

"That the majority of the people currently support the war on drugs does nothing to make the means of enforcing it, which still don't work, any less like the measures of an occupying army."

Quit lying.

If you have a substantive disagreement, present it.

[Texaggie79]

Read the article again. It would suffice just fine without a single reference to drugs. Hence gathering a much broader supportive audience. It served no purpose but squeeze in a little Libertarian propaganda.

[Texaggie79]

It is quite simple really. No rights are violated in prohibiting drugs. Period.

[unixfox]

This WAS a good post until you littered it with blank bumps.

YOU ONLY NEED TO HIT POST ONCE !!

[Storm Orphan]

Again, your characterization of the reference as propaganda and "as if it is
accepted" is demonstrably untrue.

You can do better than that.

[A.J.Armitage]

Northern Illinois University, where I am, was almost in Rockford. The committee deciding the location wanted a good sized river, so the folks in DeKalb, led by the inventer of barbed wire, dammed the Kishwaukee upstream of the potential site, and released it just before the commitee came to have a look. The rest is history. I heard about that while taking the tour of campus during orientation.

[Askel5]

I know, propaganda is often presented that way.

Says the dude who weasled what he could in the way of a drug needle out of a wholly substantive haystack to paint this as a "pro-drug" thread.

[Texaggie79]

prop·a·gan·da (prp-gnd)
n.

1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.
2. Material disseminated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause: wartime propaganda.

And if the author did not think it was an accepted idea, he would ahve provided a much more in depth argument to support the statement.

[A.J.Armitage]

No rights are violated in prohibiting drugs.

Property rights(which do exist even if the thing owned is unpopular) are violated. A great many other rights are violated by the means used to enforce it.

[Texaggie79]

Says the dude who weasled what he could in the way of a drug needle out of a wholly substantive haystack to paint this as a "pro-drug" thread.

Hey if you take the drug dig out I think it is quite a good article. But me simply allowing it to pass would be like allowing a comment on abortion being a right to choose to go by without criticism.

[Texaggie79]

You may not own property when the ownership of such property violates the rights of others.

[A.J.Armitage]

I did hit post once. Per bump. Each bump has different people in it.

[ScreamingFist]

"It served no purpose but squeeze in a little Libertarian propaganda" AJA has already stated his views to you. Try, just once, to have a small amount of class. If you don't like the young man's post, say so AND leave.

[Texaggie79]

A great many other rights are violated by the means used to enforce it.

That I partially agree with. But that does nothing to legitimize the legalization of hard drugs.

[Askel5]

It's okay if he keeps bumping me. (I appreciate it, actually.)

Given the perpetual multiple posts, total dreck and mislabelled threads that clog latest articles anymore as a rule, I no longer have the luxury of (or interest in) scanning them by hand for posters or items of interest.

[Texaggie79]

say so AND leave.

I did, but it would be quite rude of me to ignore posts addressed to me.

[A.J.Armitage]

The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.

What do you think you're doing? That's the whole point of Free Republic! We promote doctrines, causes, and information to further our views and interests. It's called free speech.

And if the author did not think it was an accepted idea, he would ahve provided a much more in depth argument to support the statement.

The author is right here and he's telling you that isn't the case.

[Storm Orphan]

You continue to present information untruthfully and make flase assertions.

This does not speak well of you.

There are times when it is okay to admit that you are wrong. No one will think you less of a man.