tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post7739988064607581559..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: Putting A Dent In ReligionM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-58321137148204550072009-08-31T18:26:35.952+00:002009-08-31T18:26:35.952+00:00Tom,
I'm fighting to end socialism.
The Drug...Tom,<br /><br />I'm fighting to end socialism.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.druglibrary.org/special/friedman/socialist.htm" rel="nofollow">The Drug War as a Socialist Enterprise by Milton Friedman</a><br /><br />Republican Socialism. You know: Price supports for criminals and terrorists.<br /><br />I just thought this was a good counter to the "there will be 100 million new heroin zombies" line of counter argument often given as "proof" that legalization will be a disaster. <br /><br />simentt,<br /><br />Yes. The sputtering when you suggest that people just be left alone to make their own decisions is amazing to watch.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-65568051173348489692009-08-31T14:37:06.811+00:002009-08-31T14:37:06.811+00:00Hi Tom,
Personally, I don't care if legalizat...Hi Tom,<br /><br />Personally, I don't care if legalization rises or lowers drug use. <br /><br />I see your comment as a parallel to discussions I've had at home about liberalization - I'm saying that 'the government should not be doing this', and consistently the reply is 'well then, what would <i>you</i> do instead'. When I try to point out that <i>I</i> would not be doing anything either, they ask <i>who</i> I then think should be responsible. The whole concept of allowing people to make their own choices and <i>not caring what they choose</i> is foreign to them.<br /><br />As I read the posters intentions, the reason for legalizing drugs is not 'to lower drug use', but to reduce the amount of crime and other social problems that are associated with the prohibition.<br /><br />Yours,<br />-SUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02161314263975554730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-78835821724549102182009-08-31T13:13:27.023+00:002009-08-31T13:13:27.023+00:00gosh ...
there is so much on this subject ...
but ...gosh ...<br />there is so much on this subject ...<br />but let's take the economic issues.<br /><br />For one thing, the USA has the highest percentage of its adult population incarcerated of any "civilized" society. As you point out, this has not resulted in less "illegal" drug use or less crime generally.<br />It HAS saddled the remaining taxpayers with a huge burden.<br />The average cost to keep someone in jail is around $30,000/year<br />(that does NOT include police, courts, prosecuting attorneys,<br />et. al....)<br />The total bill for the US taxpayer is around $60 billion.<br />http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/censusstatistic/a/aaprisonpop.htm<br /><br />Has that made anyone feel any safer?latent sanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139625169850577450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-56261094645843543722009-08-31T12:55:04.254+00:002009-08-31T12:55:04.254+00:00So let me get this straight. You're "figh...So let me get this straight. You're "fighting" for decriminalization and you're doing this to ...<br /><br />lower ...<br /><br />drug usage ? I'm not talking even about this news message. Are you fighting for drug legalization so that you'll ... not ... use drugs ?<br /><br />Do you really expect anyone to believe that ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15714394489266177248noreply@blogger.com