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To: shellshocked

"Prohibition didn't work for alcohol so what makes people think it will work for any other drug?"

I'm still waiting for a rational answer to that question. I never have heard one which is why I had to leave the 'drug warrior' camp a few years ago. I have no great love for tobacco, alcohol, pot or anything else of that nature. A great deal of evidence for the 'badness' of each one of these things can be produced. But the 'badness' of something does not establish that it should therefore be a criminal offense. There are MANY things that are bad, but we wouldn't want to criminalize all of them. In fact, one of the great struggles in our culture is that there are groups looking to ban, restrict or criminalize pretty much anything you can think of. Fur, fat in food, sugar in food, not exercising enough etc.

Also, I think that more than a few pro-WOD posters want to portray everyone who is against the WOD as being a pro-drug doper. This is dishonest but since they can't answer the real questions, they defame their opponents. Shame on them. Prohibition was an unconstitutional disaster, but at least the policitians were honest enough to admit that they didn't have the authority without amending the constitution. Today they don't even bother to pretend to care about such things. Drug abuse is bad but the WOD is worse and even more distructive.


264 posted on 06/04/2005 1:28:44 PM PDT by vigilo
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To: vigilo

You should have them move into your neighborhood. In fact, if you have enough money (to pay for the moves), your local police will tell you were they have a bunch of them.


289 posted on 06/04/2005 4:58:40 PM PDT by muawiyah (q)
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