--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your post shows a complete lack of understanding of drug-war > induced black-market dynamics, which have been well known ever > since the alcohol prohibition era. If you exclude black-market > violence from drug-war casualties, you completely misplace blame. > By implying that drug violence is the fault of the drug > criminals, and not the drug war, you speak just like a > prohibitionist. Bottom line: without drug prohibition you have no > black market violence. And since most crime today is drug > related, MOST crime is CAUSED by drug prohibition - and would go > away upon elimination of drug prohibition. Stop blaming the wrong > people and sustaining the drug war!
Your post could also be said to misunderstand the nature of responsibility. This is the same form of argument which rationalizes Arab terrorism against Israelis because of US foriegn policy. Or, closer to home, which makes excuses for urban crime and misbehavior becuase of slavery. Yes, prohabition is wrong. That is abundantly clear. That is NOT an excuse in ANY way to explain away the crime associated with the drug trade. There is NO excuse for criminal gangs, urban crime, or terrorism, regardless of the 'root causes' as the social apologists like to rationalize. 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/
