Posted on 11/22/2001 10:26:32 AM PST by runningbear
Murder of your fellow citizens with Anthrax poisoning: for it or against? Or are you only against for certain people?
If the bloodthirsty louts want their government to turn a blind eye to Anthrax attacks on certain segments of American society, they should start a petition. Something like:
"I, the undersigned, hereby support excluding the following segments of American society from protection against Anthrax attacks: Drug users, gays, women who've had abortions, American Muslims, etc. Only the worthy, such as myself, should be afforded such protections."
Ummmm, around these parts Anthrax infused heroin constitutes a `bad cut'.
BTW...save yer pity for someone who needs it. And go read a bit about the Irish situation honey ~pattin' ye on the head~. Now run along! *S*
If you don't care about the murder of your fellow "worthless" citizens, then don't be surprised when no one cares about yours. Given the neo-fascist/socialist bent which America has taken over the last few years, it may be that white, white collar, right wing "capitalist" types will be the next pariahs. Will you expect protection from murder?
Strange, because around these parts, Anthrax infused heroin constitutes murder. I wouldn't expect you to understand the difference, until someone slips it into your pint.
That's true, you did. Maybe I'm the one who misunderstood your intentions in your earlier post. If so, it's not the first time I've made a mistake. My sincere apologies and no hard feelings I hope.
Which makes anything I've ever seen ...what?
Should alcohol users die?
They do, every day. Alcoholics die terrible, struggling deaths. Because they have so much liver damage, they can't clot their blood. I have seen hundreds bleed to death over the years. Or they go into comas and never come out. What's your point? That we should be protecting addicts from themselves?
Should we care if someone decides to poison them en masse? Should we take any steps to try to protect them?
If people choose to engage in risky behavior knowing it could kill them, that's their choice. That is called personal freedom. With personal freedom comes personal responsibility. They are adults and this is a free country. Their choices are between them and God, not them and me. I know the difference.
Or do you only support murdering people who are not part of your "class" [no class whatsoever, I mean].
I thought ad hominem attacks were not allowed on this board.
Using heroin and murder are both morally unacceptable acts. Do you disagree?
You should try killing a junkie and then turn yourself in. I'm sure your "moral equivaliency" argument would be well received.
Equivalency.
It doesn't kill anybody "society" at large is going to go war over ... realistically. To get a government to "abort" Isreal (Which is their real motive anyway .... why would a "western" government like the US, Germany, or the UK - the only ones that matter financially and military to Isreal - why would these governments change their foreign policy on such a critical issue if dope addicts are getting (perhaps) killed?)
Second - We keep getting told that inhaled - as finely ground anthrax "dust" is the only real danger -> put anthrax in coke supplies, perhaps then (which might start killing "society's elite drug users!) but not in heroin, which is injected.
It still doesn't make sense to poison opium/heroin - unless you want to put an awful economic hurt on the supplies of the drug. <>But what druggie (who is already killing himself with his dope - and seems perfectly happy doing so, and should be continued to be given the "right" to do so, at least according the posters above! ) is going to worry about anthrax in his dope?
I completely disagree. A person who is addicted to heroin, which is what this thread is about, is killing themselves slowly. It's slow suicide. That is my considered opinion. When people continue to indulge in behavior that they know is high risk, somewhere deep in their psyche, they wish to die. That is my opinion.
They are both wrong? Sure. Do I care if some junkie dies from a self-inflicted overdose? Yes, but only from compassion. Do I care if some terrorist starts deliberately murdering them? Or alcoholics? Or people who view pornography? Damn right I do.
And if they continue to use/drink/view knowing that they run the risk of getting a lethal dose...who is responsible?
If you don't care about the murder of your fellow "worthless" citizens, then don't be surprised when no one cares about yours.
I expect no one but my family and friends to mourn my death. The rest of your sentence is highly colored hyperbole.
Given the neo-fascist/socialist bent which America has taken over the last few years, it may be that white, white collar, right wing "capitalist" types will be the next pariahs. Will you expect protection from murder?
Oh, now I get it. You don't like capitalists. You don't like those people who bring you a safe, plentiful and cheap food supply, treat your illnesses, supply the power and phone lines for your computer, purify your drinking water, light your streets, fuel your vehicle, ad infinitum? Those terrible people who make civilization possible? Who, working together in concert, keep the wolf from the door? So that's who you are. My friend, your passion is admirable but terribly misdirected. Twenty years of living will cure you. Hang on to this thought, Melinator; someday, if you are lucky, you'll grow up to be just like me. Someday - if you are lucky.
Using heroin and murder are both morally unacceptable acts. Do you disagree?
If heroin use is morally unacceptable, I presume, from the evidence you have presented, that alcohol and tobacco use are also morally unacceptable? Should alcohol and tobacco therefore also have penal sanctions that jail their users? If not, why not?
Oh, now I get it. You don't like capitalists.
This response is out to lunch: try reading what's said to you with your brights on, and answering the question asked.
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