----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Forster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: 2nd Amendment (L3)
>
> It seems to me you have the same kneejerk reaction to
> problems in this country that many do- legislate it
> away. Look at how impossible it is to control the
> supply of drugs coming into this country. Look at
> what an abyssmal failure prohibition was. The
> government believes that if there's a problem, they'll
> simply crush it and whomever they percieve as being
> associated with it along the way. The People for the
> most part follow along blindly. Is it so hard to
> think we need to go with alternative solutions?
>
I think you have it backwards. What are the odds of someone winning
election if he/she publically proclaims they are for the legalizing of all
drugs? I'd say slim and none, with Slim on the way out the door.
The people believe that if you just have tougher and tougher sentences for
drug use, then the criminal types who use drugs will finally get the
message. Tough drug laws are popular. Doesn't necessarily make them right,
but it does make it the will of the people.
Dan M.
