The drug war kills 100 times that many every year and costs more than the Sear's Tower, the Library Building, and the Whitehouse combined every single year.
--- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You know Mark, I could almost agree with you. If crazed DEA Agents > (or even Colombian Drug Lords) all of a sudden were hijacking jet > planes and flying them into the Sears Tower in Chicago and the > Library Building in LA, and the White House in Washington, DC, > killing thousands of our fellow citizens, then I'd gladly be at your > side shouting, "The Drug War is just as big of a threat to our civil > liberties as Muslim Terrorism." > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "mark robert" <colowe@> wrote: > > > > Eric, > > > > > > > > Then I was NOT preaching to the choir because you DO think > > terrorism is a greater threat to our freedom than the drug war. > > You are incorrect by huge magnitudes. > > > > > > > > What are your "Islamo-Fascists" doing to legalizers over there? I > > have not read the book. Tell me what it says regarding your > > point. It sounds like the drug war instead of terrorism. I > > suppose you could be talking about an overlapping of the two, but > > either way it does not prove your claim that terrorism is a > > greater evil than the drug war. If you really want to overlap the > > two, then do it correctly; by explaining how the drug war > > sponsors and causes so much terrorism. > > > > > > > > You seem to completely misunderstand the basics of drug-war > > induced danger. Or maybe you had not thought of the drug war > > being anything more than the example you gave. The chances of you > > experiencing any of the following harms as a direct result of the > > drug war are many magnitudes greater than the chances of you > > experiencing any harm from terrorism: > > > > Getting robbed/mugged/attacked/killed by an addict on the street; > > > > Getting robbed/mugged/attacked/killed by police on the street; > > > > Getting sent to jail; > > > > Getting robbed/mugged/attacked/killed in jail; > > > > Losing your job; > > > > Losing your house; > > > > Losing your car; > > > > Losing your land; > > > > Losing your money; > > > > Losing your funding/scholarship/reputation; > > > > Losing your friends; > > > > Losing your kids; > > > > Losing your family; > > > > Losing many of your civil rights; > > > > Being set up; > > > > Etc. > > > > > > > > This happens to many people every single day. And that's just in > > America. Drug war victims outnumber terrorism victims by millions > > to one. > > > > > > > > -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.] } > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > > > Because in the grand sheme of things, it is a greater evil. > > > > Why are you not alarmed about what Islamo-Fascists are doing to > > drug > > legalizers over in Holland, Denmark and other tolerant Western > > European countries? > > > > Read the Bruce Bawer book!! > > > > And honestly, I'm not particularly scared of marijuana-smoking > > dude > > driving his beat up ole' van in me and a crowd of people in a > > city > > center shouting "Raise the Doobies!!" > > > > But the thought of a Radical Muslim driving his SUV into me at a > > college campus shouting "Allah Akbar", does give me the heebie > > geebies, especially most recently. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "mark robert" <colowe@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Eric, > > > > > > > > > > > > If you are a good member of the choir of legalization, then why > > > are you repeatedly preaching to us about the fire and brimstone > > > of rampaging terrorism as if it were the greater evil? > > > > > > > > > > > > -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/
