On Thu, 10 May 2001 19:45:02 -0400 Greg Wooledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> Aaron P Ingebrigtsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > Bush is about to cross the line with his activities. Soon he may
> actualy
> > hurt some or many americans, maybe even kill them.
>
> In what way would this be new? The US government kills its citizens
> all
> the time, many of them in the name of the "War on Drugs". Since
> this
> "War" is being carried out by the agencies of the executive branch,
> the president is responsible for it.
Ah, but the President is not all powerfull. If he tries his best to stop
the drug war, then I cannot fault him on that. But if he supports it, or
does nothing to stop it, then yes, he is at least partialy at fault.
>
> (And don't even think for a moment that it's acceptable because the
> people
> who are murdered are "just drug users". Many of the people killed
> weren't
> even drug users; they were innocent people who just happened to be
> in
> the wrong place at the wrong time. You can find several incidents
> with
> a properly worded web search -- the first one I stumbled across was
> the
> death of Patrick Dorismond,
> <http://www.cato.org/dailys/04-07-00.html>.)
Oh I don't think it is acceptable even if they are "just drug users".
Drug Users are not the true criminals in the drug war, it is the
government and the big drug cartels who are the true criminals.
I think it is totaly wrong that bounty hunters have the powers of police,
but none of the checks and balances that keep them in line. A bounty
hunter can just break into your house without knocking, or anouncing
themselves, without any warrants for entry, searching, or arrest, and you
cannot legaly do anything to protect yourself or your home from them. It
is totaly wrong in every way that I can think of.
Putting up a bounty for someone is the same as putting out a mob hit on
someone. Only it is somehow more legal because it is the government that
does it.
>
> http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/
> http://www.drcnet.org/
> http://www.cato.org/
I fully support stopping the drug war.
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