[Ferox]

I profoundly appreciate this discussion between conservatism and libertarianism. As much as I like the idea of personal freedom and limited government, there is something amiss about libertarianism that I have not been able to identify. Perhaps it is because every libertarian with whom I talk only wants to talk about legalizing drugs. I, frankly, don’t believe that libertarianism is realistic. Unless libertarians actually plan a violent revolution, which would seem to be contrary to their ideology, I do not see it as a viable political reality.

[dcwusmc]

To many people, such as me, the war on some drugs is a microcosm of the nanny statism that is so anathema to what this nation started out as... and it is the one thing that has done more to undermine the limits on government put in place by the Constitution than anything else I can think of. It has been used by FedGov to stick the nose of the federal camel so far into the tent that we may NEVER get it back out peaceably... I recognize that recreational use of ANY mind-altering substance, including alcohol and nicotine, can be dangerous to the user... but to me the far greater danger to ALL Americans is the unbridled lust for power of the drug warriors and other big-government slugs.