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To: realpatriot71
I don't think anyone is in favor of "self-destruction," at least I'm not.

Words are cheap. You are in favor of whatever consquences flow from the positions you take, advocate, and champion. Powerfully so. Undeniably so. Your words to the contrary are mere air wheezing into the ether.

Legalizing or decriminalizing illicit drugs will not cause the external costs associated with those drugs to disappear. They will merely be repackaged and forced down the taxpayers' throat in another form. We will pay to coddle drug abusers instead of punishing them.

That's reality. Your pro-dope mental constructs are not reality.

634 posted on 09/19/2002 8:13:48 PM PDT by Kevin Curry
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To: Kevin Curry
Kevin, supporting a person's right to use a substance is not the same as condoning use. I would appreciate it if you would, in future, please refrain from telling me what it is that I believe or what positions I take.

I've extended an olive branch here and I'd like to discuss this civilly. So, you can obviously do what you want, but I'd be nice to keep a civil tone.

635 posted on 09/19/2002 8:58:04 PM PDT by realpatriot71
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