Yes, but the modern war on drugs also has a strong selective prosecution element to it that, I believe, alcohol prohibition did not (though I could be totally wrong about that). As an example, just look at the sentencing guidelines for "crack" cocaine possession versus powdered cocaine possession. Fundamentally the same drug, different usage patterns in different communities with crack being a "black" drug and cocaine being a "white" drug, substantially different approaches to prosecution and sentencing.
This sort of selective prosecutorial zeal is what Schwartz's family is talking about. Taking certain types of crime (in this case "hackers") and trying to make examples of them, hounding them, pushing the law as far as they can while largely ignoring large swaths of other malfeasance. Judah On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Next thing you know, white people might wake up to the war on drugs. > > Unlikely, but hey, you never know. > > > The war on drugs and the resulting violence and organized crime are an > uber-analogy to what happened under Alcohol Prohibition. It's just taking > longer to undo. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360212 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
