Bob, Of course I didn't make a claim about what drug-gang members might do after prohibition! Now let me ask you: Did you think I would not recognize a false dilemma? What logical fallacy will you try next?
-------------------------- Are you claiming most of the drug gang members will go to college and become pillars of the community if drug prohibition ends? I doubt it. From: ma ni Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Libertarian] George Carlin: "We Like War" Bob, Of course numbers aren't relevant. Gee, why can't I see that? LOL. I previously asked "are you seriously claiming that dealing with international criminals can not be accomplished by anything other than a 500 billion dollar war??" It looks as though your whole post is only an elaborate way to answer "yes". And you only further expose your prejudice and misunderstanding when you claim to understand the drug war, but then immediately proceed to demonstrate that you don't comprehend its most basic elements. If you truly "note the parallels (of drug prohibition) with alcohol prohibition", you would not be trying to separate prohibition from prohibition-related violent crime; they are inseparable cause-and-effect. But of course you have to do this in order to artificially raise the relative threat-level of terrorism. Shameless statism!
