Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the "governments", "media", "Businesses"
and "voters" also made up of individuals? They are all the same as the
individuals across the oceans that seperate them from the individuals living
under the oppression of their other ruling parties. The majority of people
all over the world are ignorant of their ignorance. Maybe the concentration
is greater in the land that everyone looks to as being the "supposed" leader
in the "free world". I'm sure I used to see it that way, until I opened my
eyes(mind).
Very rarely do I see anyone looking for a solution to a problem by searching
for the cause. I see people more intent on creating a law to punish anyone
exacerbating the problem.
I hear, daily, of people murdered for "running from the cops" while trying
to avoid being caught with an illegal substance they planned on ingesting
for their own enjoyment, or supplying to their consenting customers. The
problem is not in the drug dealers, it is in the intolerance of other people
to accept that some people wish to poison their own bodies, which cannot be
morallized into a legal statute. Making criminals out of people for doing
something that doesn't harm another, by justifying it under the guise of
"drug users are habitual criminals, likely to commit robberies and theft",
is a circular arguement. The users wouldn't need to steal to fund their
habit, if the drugs weren't illegal as the prices would be much lower.
They'd also have a chance to get help without risking an unforgiving
beauracracy, and jail time if they slip up during recovery.
But, are those people, ignorant of their ignorance, being told that they can
see much lower crime by the legalization of drugs? No. They're told that
drug use and crime would escalate to unheard of highs, and they BELIEVE
it... Yes, sound bytes are the order of the day.
Yes, I live in the "Americas" but I'm not an American. I used to think I
was. Now, I'm just a human trying to find some happiness in a world of
insanity. I'm thinking that there may be more "sane" people in the
"institutions" than there are outside of them, but that's a different story.
Anyone talk to any dolphins lately? Wonko? Where's my fishbowl? And
what's this fish doing in my ear?
Mikus
>From: "Stephen Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [freenet-chat] Which is why collateral damage
>Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 22:22:32 +0200
>
>Exactly my point! Thank you. (By the way, I am one of your, how can I say
>it?, com-patriates as I was born and raised in the USA, matey). I ONLY see
>individuals as individuals. It is the governments, the media, the
>businesses, the LAW , the VOTERS, that refuse to see anything other than
>SOUND BYTES. I laugh at Jnr. Why can't you see the funny side? Everyone
>has prejudice. I claim my right to it!
>
>Stephen Bennett
>
>Message: 4
>From: "Mikus 29" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [freenet-chat] Which is why collateral damage
>Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 10:41:40 -0400
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Although I live, geographically, within the physical borders of the land
>mass you so unintelligently, and eloquently seem to get such a laugh at, I
>am not insulted. I am, however, amused at the lack of intellectual
>abilities of yourself, at including every human within those borders as
>being so mentally inept as to qualify to meet your "belief" of what
>americans "are". You should move here, too..... Look who's using the word
>"ignorant"... Prejudice is unbecoming of everyone who uses it. Smarten
>up,
>and see individuals for the individuals they are.
>
>Mikus
>
>
>
><< StephenBennett.vcf >>
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