So far your argument has been that people who use drugs steal. People who don't use drugs steal. People who use legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco steal. You may be able to argue that those who use illegal drugs steal at a higher rate than those who don't. However, it would be the illegal nature of the substance that leads to extreme price inflations. How much did alchol cost when it was illegal? I'll have to look up the cost comparisans with todays dollars, but the price is always higher in a black market. Legal drugs leads to lower prices which means that less people steal to get money for drugs.
p.s. Did sinkspur ever get back to us on the theological basis for Mariology?
I sure do. I'm almost on the fence on this issue. I've argued on FR for both sides because I keep changing my mind. Recent events and the consideration of the lifestyle of the people who break into my truck and steal my stereo, or offer drugs to my pre-teen kids has me on the other side of the fence right now. Another thing that has me on the drugs are bad side of the fence may seem unrelated but it is the fact that I've taken up bicycling to work. Now I realize just how many people out there have no business at all behind the wheel of any car that is not a playstation car.
So far your argument has been that people who use drugs steal. People who don't use drugs steal. People who use legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco steal. You may be able to argue that those who use illegal drugs steal at a higher rate than those who don't. However, it would be the illegal nature of the substance that leads to extreme price inflations. How much did alchol cost when it was illegal? I'll have to look up the cost comparisans with todays dollars, but the price is always higher in a black market. Legal drugs leads to lower prices which means that less people steal to get money for drugs.
You can always find examples that prove either side of the argument. You can look at places where drugs are legal and paint them as utopia or you can look at other places where drugs are legal and paint them as hell on earth. I'm sure my opinion on the matter also has a lot to do with the fact that I'm raising kids in a world that seems disgusting in a lot of ways.
p.s. Did sinkspur ever get back to us on the theological basis for Mariology?
No but read your mail.