--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ----- 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.
>
You're correct, I was backwards. The people say what
the government does. The people are obviously in
error here, as you agree. They're addicted to being
told what they want to hear and that everything's
going to be okay, everything will be taken care of for
you.
<insert dean's personal responsibility rant #2 here>
dean
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