Now add to the drug war, the other laws to prevent non-crimes which created by the christian fundamentalists such as laws against gambling, prostitution, polygamy, gay sex or marriage, suicide, all kinds of gun ownership, abortion, etc.
--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cory, > > > > Thanks. I have an idea that an American is literally tens of > millions of times more likely to get harmed by the drug war than > by a terrorist. Just look around; the figure is not likely > unreasonable. How many in your own circle of friends and family > and associates have been harmed by the drug war? Probably at > least several. How many by a terrorist? Unless you live in NYC, > probably none. > > > > Forget "innocently"; the word implies exclusion (true guilt) of > some-to-most convicted of street-drug crimes. A convicted > black-market capitalist ("distribution") is just as innocent as a > convicted pot smoker ("possession"). The only un-innocent ones > are the warriors / politicians / enforcers themselves, because > it's their policy that causes all the non-consensual harm (of > course they don't normally get convicted of their using or > selling). > > > > -Mark > > > > > > ************ > {American jurors have complete Constitutional authority to vote > "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the > case, no matter the evidence - despite the judge's instructions. > There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a > unanimous verdict. Get on a jury, stand your ground, and fulfill > its other main purpose: to counteract abusive government and > unjust lawsuits. > See www.fija.org > [Please adopt this as your own signature.] } > > > > > _____ > > > > That's an interesting point. Any idea what the statistics are of > being innocently caught in the drug war vs. being harmed in a > terrorist incident (within the US borders)? > > > > mark robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here, here, Paul! Let us count the ways American Christianity > (fundamental or not) has manifested as destroyer of liberty! The > chance that any one of us will be harmed by terrorism tomorrow is > so infinitesimally small that you would need an expert in > probability and statistics to figure the number of decimal points > less than one percent. Now contrast that to the percent chance > that you will be harmed tomorrow by the drug war. (We all know > the drug war is xtain bias at its heart.) It's disgusting to me > to have to listen to the large amount of expressed fear from > Americans about terrorism, relative to the small amount of fear > about the drug war - the exact reverse of the reality of the > situation. How many Americans wail on about terrorism WHILE a > member of their own family is getting sent off to prison/camp for > the political/religious crime of drugs?? The selective > blindness/numbness of most Americans to their own terrorism of > the drug war is nothing less than hideous. > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > _____ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
