Strawman.
You gotta love it----only you would call the question at the heart of the debate a "strawman."AxelPaulsenJr writes "I find myself absolutely amazed that a pro illegal drug group is posting in this otherwise conservative forum, the Free Republic. I would think that you and they would be much happier posting in what I'm sure must be hundreds of pro drug usage forums out there. But I guess that to you that would be too much like preaching to the choir." Then he writes "You pro druggies: Go find another forum."
You slap him on the back with a "The pro-drug sites are wastelands, so they come here."
We all call ourselves conservatives here. Clearly the position of conservatives on the War on Drugs should be definable. At its most simple, the conservative position on the War on Drugs should be supporting it or not supporting it.
Several posters believe that not supporting the War on Drugs (and in fact ending it) is the proper position for conservatives to take. When asked why, they can provide thoughtful answers. You may or may not agree with them, but they can provide answers nonetheless why conservatives should side with them.
You'd think the posters who believe that supporting the War on Drugs is the proper position for conservatives to take could do the same thing, but you'd be wrong. In particular, every single time I've asked you a variation of this question you've ignored it, deflected it, navigated around it, or dismissed it as irrelevant---as you most recently did today. Further, every single time I've asked a variation of this question to a War on Drug supporter, that War on Drug supporter has ignored it, deflected it, or navigated around it. In fact, if you want to get a War on Drugs supporter to stop posting, the easiest thing to do is ask them why conservatives should support the War on Drugs.
The only Drug Warrior to answer the question---albeit reluctantly and indirectly---is Dane, who when pressed, indicated he supported the War on Drugs simply because uber-liberal George Soros supports ending it.
You've never answered the question, Roscoe. If your position is so obviously the correct one for conservatives, providing a simple and direct answer as to why this is so should be an exceedingly simple thing to do. But you can't or won't do it. Why is that?
Where did I call for a "War on Drugs?"