Or, making something illegal (or highly taxed) makes it potentially very profitable for those who do not abide by the laws of the land (criminals in other words). It is also very profitable to all those who pretend to enforce such laws (government sanctioned and/or employed criminals?*)
* Ya, I am being a smart ass again. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Newman" > Subject: Re: Street photography - religious objections (now politics) > > > > . Most American politicians don't even >> support legalizing cannabis for medical/theraputic >> purposes, let alone full legalization of soft drugs, >> let alone total drugs legalization. I'm a radical >> left-winger by US standards and even I don't support >> it. > > There is a somewhat radical idea that if you decriminalize an activity, > the cost to society is actually lower. > Criminal activity begets criminal activity. > > William Robb > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
