Chris:
> As with Basic Income (btw it's interesting to see
the overlap between
> drug proponents and BI proponents on this list), the goal should be to
> _minimize_ the number of "crutch" recipients, instead of maximizing it!
> What a sad future (a society of limpers, or worse) it would be if the
> crutch became the rule rather than the exception.
> drug proponents and BI proponents on this list), the goal should be to
> _minimize_ the number of "crutch" recipients, instead of maximizing it!
> What a sad future (a society of limpers, or worse) it would be if the
> crutch became the rule rather than the exception.
Not sure of how to interpret this. I like the
idea of a BI and intend to do some work on it. However, I don't see myself
as a drug proponent. I don't consider pot a drug. It's not
addictive.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] Possible U.S.
cutbacks?
>
> Yes, history showed that prohibition of alcohol was a failure. But
> legalization of alcohol _also_ has become a failure: with the endemic
> proliferation of "alcopops", wide-spread binge-drinking from young age
> on, etc. ... Smoking is also increasing among youth, and the drugs are
> also being sold to minors.
>
> Obviously, it would be necessary to address the roots of the problem --
> the factors that drive people to addiction (to which substance, is of
> less importance). Keyword neurotransmitters...
>
> As with Basic Income (btw it's interesting to see the overlap between
> drug proponents and BI proponents on this list), the goal should be to
> _minimize_ the number of "crutch" recipients, instead of maximizing it!
> What a sad future (a society of limpers, or worse) it would be if the
> crutch became the rule rather than the exception.
>
> Btw, the soaring problems with alcoholism in Sweden --since the EU
> forced down Sweden's traditionally high alcohol prices-- are yet
> another illustration for the idiocy of Free Trade and anything that
> comes close to it.
>
> Chris
>
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