Posted by Adam on May 25, 2000, at 23:34:26
In reply to Re: Way serious, posted by boBB on May 25, 2000, at 22:33:32
Well, I don't know what to say except I agree 100%that the drug war, as it is being fought, is wrong. It's wrong to criminalize addiction based on chemical structure, and it's also wrong to incarcerate responsible users.I think the war on drugs could be fought rather peacefully by simply legalizing and regulating them. There aren't too many bootleggers in Columbia, probably, just other people doing various things to capitalize off of a new contraband economy, and as a result a lot of innocent people get hurt. It will take a long time before some people understand why legalization is probably the best solution to a sad fact about the human condition, but nobody needs to get killed over it.
I don't know about this ECHELON stuff. One could understandably speculate that you are nowhere near the person you (without revealing too much) say you are. I'll take you on your word, since it doesn't hurt me one way or the other. Sorry about the Vietnam mixup. My mistake for not reading thoroughly. This does change my view somewhat. I have sympathy for the impressionable conscriptee, and for those who have a gun put to their head. I don't know quite what to make of one who seeks out deadly conflict, though, even if it is in the name of defending the defenseless. Ghandi accomplished an awful lot without aggression, even though he and those who followed him were sometimes met with deadly force. He was killed anyway, but accomplished so much before the people who listened to him decided, after they had defeated a common enemy peacefully, couldn't bear peace with themselves. They're still fighting, and getting nowhere.
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