"In general, laws *punish* crime - they do not *prevent* crime."
- GG Liddy
From: Gary Udstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [H] Gas prices
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:44:03 -0500
How many of those in jail for drugs are helpless Grandma's and
teenagers? Simple question, do the drug laws deter usage? What else
are they supposed to do? I suppose we should eliminate laws against
theft too since they would also fail your definition of success.
-Gary
j m g said the following on 8/25/2005 3:08 PM:
>I don't think locking up grandma and idiot teenagers is the mark of a
>successful policy.
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>On 8/25/05, Gary Udstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>Of course it is up to you to define successful?
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>>-Gary
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>>Thane Sherrington said the following on 8/25/2005 3:07 PM:
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>>>At 04:56 PM 25/08/2005, Gary Udstrand wrote:
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>>>>Your problem is you have failed to define working. If by working you
>>>>mean are they acting as a deterrent, then they are working. If you
are
>>>>defining working as the complete eradication of drugs from society
then
>>>>you are creating nothing more than a canard.
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>>>I think working is pretty easy to define: A free society where people
>>>take responsibility for their actions, and tax dollars aren't wasted
>>>on things that are completely unsuccessful.
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