Just like this kid who blew his brains out, they will have all have the sympathy in the world, but then they will tell you that druggies should die out on the street. They have very selective symapthy. While I feel symapthy for the family, I can't have sympathy for the action, where someone can't handle getting arrested. It wasn't the end of the world and the kid probably had more problems than is being reported.
Rudy Guiliani proved in NYC when you get tough on minor crimes you stop the perpetuation of bigger crimes. The 8 last years show his success.
I thought you were off boiling a rooster in Thunderbird ?
Keep trying, maybe you'll get the hang of it someday.
Dane, do you WODers ever have anything more substantive than your own opinion? Drugs, bad. Europe, bad. Oh, that's pursuasive.
Why is it that in the debate about legalizing drugs, normally logical, facts-driven conservatives all of a sudden turn into mushy minded people who place more importance on their own feelings than on facts. This is exactly the behavior of liberals they love to pound, but apparently it's OK when WOD conservatives do it.
What do you have to say for yourself, Dane?
And I just love how every WOD-er here picks on Europe as a first resort. I'd venture to say you've never been to Belgium, 4Freedom, but don't let that stop you from speaking as some kind of authority on the matter. I however, have been to Belgium and most of the other countries you guys like to pick on and have never seen the drugged out zombies you're always referring to.
Those are not facts, Dane. That's pure opinion. And you've done absolutely nothing to reinforce your argument with facts or backup your opinion with anything substantive.
How can you go and make the general statemnent that drugs are bad? Do you think prescription drugs like Lipitor, Prilosec, and Prosac are bad? Certainly not. Shocking news here: drugs can lead to a higher quality of life. Oh, yes, but those are presription drugs. Well, the only difference between a legal and illegal drug is some bureaucrat in Washington saying so.
And I find it ironic that you attach the adjective 'socialist' when mentioning Europe. True, much of Europe's economic policies are more socialist than in the U.S., but what does it's economic policy have to do with it's drug policy. They are wholly separate issues. You merely attach 'socialist' there to be pejorative.
Interestingly, your views could be considered more socialist themselves. You've tended to argue in many threads here, that drugs should be outlawed because they are detrimental to the social contract theory of human co-existance. Drug users tend to be less productive, comrade, and that harms the collective. HMmmmm! Who's the Socialist, Dane?