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To: Dosa26
Interesting...it brings to mind a conversation that I had with a 16 year old neighbor-child some years ago. I asked him what he wanted to do with his life, how he planned to succeed. He said that he wanted to sell drugs so that he could drop out of school, make lots of money and not have to work.

If it weren't for the War on Drugs, this kid wouldn't even have a market.

Question: why aren't there many moonshiners today? Answer: Prohibition was repealed. Question: why did moonshining continue after Prohibition, albeit on a much smaller scale? Answer: excessive taxation. Question: why are there people in California selling black-market cigarettes? Answer: excessive taxation. Question: why do people sell crack on street corners? Answer: YOU ANSWER THIS ONE, GOOBER
451 posted on 12/30/2001 11:54:15 PM PST by Hemlock
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To: Hemlock
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454 posted on 12/30/2001 11:59:52 PM PST by Roscoe
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To: Hemlock
If it weren't for the War on Drugs, this kid wouldn't even have a market.

Laws do not create a market, only supply and demand do. The moral-liberal-run industries (which the L.P. lauds) help to fuel the demand. You want to end the WOD (assuming there is even one) then ban pornography and abortion and throw the pornographers and abortionists in jail, and we can win the WOD overnight.


** The Government **

The government has a responsibility to enforce the laws. But it does much more than that. It sets a moral standard, based on the knowledge that some practices have evil consequences.

Doctors are aware how harmful sodomy is. The intestines were not designed for this purpose, and expensive operations have to be done to repair the damaged muscles and intestinal tissue. Diseases, also, are introduced through sodomy.

Practices which are harmful to the practitioners, as well as society, should not be encouraged. Such practices should be frowned upon, and not allowed. It would be cruel to allow people and society to suffer. We have no problem decrying the harmfulness of tobacco. But not sodomy, and other sexual perversions.

Why is this so?

The word "liberal" used to be religious term, denoting generosity of giving. Now, it's a secular term of licentiousness.

The vast majority of people are moral and decent. But in all the areas of power in this country, in the media, the advertisers, the entertainment industry, the government, the universities and schools, there are powerful groups of liberals who think if only people would fall into a "let live" attitude in morals, everything would be fine.

The whole liberal power-structure is geared to lowering morality, and they see it as a "crusade" to bring "freedom."

The bottomline, though, is greed. That is the driving-force behind their campaign against morality. Immorality generates money, and they're right behind, scooping it up.

Source: The Wisdom of the Ages

457 posted on 12/31/2001 12:06:46 AM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: Hemlock
If it weren't for the War on Drugs, this kid wouldn't even have a market.

Yes, quite so. That was my point, I left it a bit hanging, hoping those with eyes and reason would see it and come to understanding themselves.;-)

458 posted on 12/31/2001 12:09:06 AM PST by Dosa26
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