Draw that conclusion for me Hayes. You do not think that punishment serves to prevent? I also find it interesting that you would turn to Liddy to try and find support for your position..
-Gary Hayes Elkins said the following on 8/25/2005 4:12 PM: > "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. >> > >> >On 8/25/05, Gary Udstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > >> >>Of course it is up to you to define successful? >> >> >> >>-Gary >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Thane Sherrington said the following on 8/25/2005 3:07 PM: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>At 04:56 PM 25/08/2005, Gary Udstrand wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>>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. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>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. >> >>> >> >>>T >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
