To: jeffyraven
If there were a way to conduct an honest, wholly representative poll, does anybody think a majority of people would still support the WOD?
Absolutely, YES! There's a REASON that Libertarians can't get elected to any significant position of power. The American people do not want drugs and prostitution legalized! Get it through your thick libertoid skulls! The LP is a JOKE.
To: What about Bob?
I don't think opposition to the War on Some Drugs is solely (or even largely) the province of Libertarians. Americans of ALL stripes have been waking up for (at least) the past five years to the idiocy and futility of the "War." And I suspect that one of the Libertarians' biggest electoral problems is that successful politics encompasses the art of compromise and organization, and Libertarians tend not to be too skilled at either.
To: What about Bob?
The American people do not want drugs and prostitution legalized!
Does the phrase "tyranny of the majority" mean anything to you? If not, read the Federalist Papers pronto.
To: What about Bob?
You're right saying that the majority would suport the War on Drugs. They also support the War on Poverty, which is entering its 5th decade isn't it? What if we called these Wars the Enending Trillion Dollar War on Drugs (or Poverty)? Do you think the same majority would support them then?
Americans are quite schizo on this subject. Recall the drugged out honorary FBI agent (or whatever was his honorary title) Elvis Presley! Recall our prescription drugged children. Recall Prozac and Viagra! It's time to change tactics.
To: What about Bob?
I'd vote for a Liberitarian if I thought he/she would end the corruption in out govt. But the American sheeple are to ignorant, believing that the govt. 'protects them' from 'evil drug users'. What a crazy world we live in. Again, as I've said in may posts on this topic: Man made alcohol, God made MJ. Who do you trust?
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12/14/2001 10:44:30 AM PST by
Pern
To: What about Bob?
he LP is a JOKE
Haven't you been banned yet, you scumbag disruptor? You only slither out of your hiding place to insult Libertarians. Why don't you slither back and stay there?
To: What about Bob?
Just because one thinks that Pot should be legal does not make one a Libertarian, do a search on any of my posts and it will be painfully obvious that I'm not a Libertarian & I don't think that Pot should be illegal, but than again I don't support legalization of Narcotics like this thread starts off with.
To: What about Bob?
The LP is a JOKE. That's a rather harsh characterisation. I wouldn't agree. LP was king 20, 25 years ago. Fifty years from now, I bet, we may be saying that CD-ROM and DVD are a joke. Now you want a joke? Take 8 track!
To: What about Bob?
"The LP is a JOKE."
Yes, it is. And it is a bad one. The drug legalizers have robbed it of any possible validity in the future.
To: What about Bob?
Drugs and prostitution do not create crime and violence. They do not breed the unseemly lifestyle that we all find repellent. It is the similarly illegal and unsafe atmosphere in which they are available that manifests itself that way. The Netherlands are a model for the rest of the world. Prostitution and drug use are tolerated and they have an incredible quality of life. Of course, they pay huge amounts of taxes, but socially speaking, they are right on.
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