On 7/18/05, Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The war on drugs is like what the war on alcohol was back during > prohibition. All it did then was make gangsters rich and that's all it does > now. The generation of the '20's learned it's lesson and repealed > prohibition. > > We've got to stop trying to interfere with natural selection. It's like > beating our heads against a wall to cure a headache. > > Regards, > Bob... > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose > as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers > with the smallest possible amount of hissing." > - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, > minister of finance to French King Louis XIV > > From: "Norman Baugher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Didn't Bush cancel the War on Euthanasia? He couldn't see why the US > > should be after kids in Asia.... > > Norm > > > > William Robb wrote: > > > >> The war on drugs has been going on for a couple of decades now. > >> It's success has been about as dismal as the war on terrorism's is likely > >> to be. > >> There's always gotta be a war on something though. Makes us feel like we > >> are doing something, I guess. > > >
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