Eric,
About 2752 people died from terrorism in NYC on 9-11-01. Go ahead
and add up ALL the terrorism fatalities in America in the last 40
years; now compare that with all the drug war fatalities during
the same period. Terrorism numbers pale in comparison to drug-war
numbers. If you still refuse to believe my position, I'm sure I
can come up with some real numbers - but be warned that the real
numbers will make your position look even more ridiculous.
-Mark
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September 11, 2001.
--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Eric,
>
>
>
> What is the basis for your position that terrorism is a greater
> threat to our civil liberties than the war on drugs? I would
not
> ask, but there may a little problem with the credibility of
your
> statements. Since you earlier denied your current position by
> characterizing my rebuttal as "preaching to the choir", then
> admitted it without explaining the inconsistency, you might
want
> to supply a little support for your word; which at this time
> doesn't seem real good. Surely you are not claiming that one
> terrorism murder in the Netherlands is proof that terrorism is
a
> greater threat to our civil liberties than the war on drugs. Or
> maybe I misunderstood. Maybe you intended your proud
announcement
> "I don't do drugs" to be the proof. But then maybe you are
> confusing your personal freedom with everyone else's. But then
> maybe you had not thought of the fact that even those who
"don't
> do drugs" are still in great danger from the drug war. Or maybe
> since you don't see the issue of non-consensual force /
initiated
> aggression as worthy of thought, maybe you just don't care. Ah,
> well. Even though most of these mysteries will likely only
> deepen, I definitely need to know one thing: some kind of
factual
> basis for your position. Numbers would be great. What about
that
> book? Can't you get something from there? "Think" about it; it
> may be "useful".
>
>
>
> Regarding the claim in your third paragraph regarding the drug
> war's low impact on your personal life:
>
> Do you not have any friends, family members or close associates
> that are/were victims of any of the drug-war harms I listed
> before? Do you have more that were victims of terrorism? (Is
THAT
> your basis?)
>
>
>
> -Mark
>
>
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