You'd be wrong. Irish, Italian, Hispanic and Black offenders were heavily prosecuted while tied in wasps drank openly without prosecution. On Jan 16, 2013 2:54 PM, "Judah McAuley" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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:360227 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
