1. "I suppose you could say that it isn't, given that even while unsuccessfully pursueing the WOD, we do attempt to 'educate' our children about the dangers of drug use." -- SJC_Libertarian
2. "We are, however, generally the loudest opponents of any 'program' that is to be funded via taxation." -- SJC_Libertarian
So who is this "we" you referred to? The LP? How much have they spent on programs educating kids against drugs?
In the first instance, I was (obviously) referring to the generic "we", meaning Americans, as reflected in our current public policy regarding drugs and "education" about them. To rephrase, American
authorities are unsuccessfully pursuing a (poorly named) "War on Drugs" while simultaneously mandating largely unsuccessful tax-funded indoctrination programs designed to "educate" our children about the evil of drug use. In that sense only, one may say that the dichotomy previously discussed is not an either/or question.
In the second instance, in direct response to your assertion concerning Libertarians, and having identified myself as a libertarian, I was (obviously) referring to libertarians as a group, and asserting that libertarians, rather than loudly opposing "drug education programs" per se, oppose tax-funded programs in general. I hope that clears things up a bit.
How much have they spent on programs educating kids against drugs?
It's hard to believe that a supposed conservative would resort to this standard liberal canard: "Oh yeah? So what have you done for the children?"
Given the hostility you seem to harbor for the ideas that I have expressed to date, I doubt that you would be interested in a discussion of the immorality of taxation as a mechanism to promote social betterment. Am I mistaken in this?