On Tuesday, Jun 3, 2003, at 07:41 US/Central, Joe Dollimore wrote:
[Winona Online Democracy]
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Since drugs are illegal, drug dealers can not resolve their disputes in court. Instead they resolve their disputes with fists, guns, and drive-by shootings. If someone threatens to turn a drug dealer in, the dealer's options are to 1) get caught, 2) convince the witness to change their mind, or 3) eliminate the witness. Given the extreme penalties for drug dealing, few dealers are willing to accept option one. If drugs were legal, disputes would be resolved in court and drug-related blackmail would be virtually non-existent.
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Perhaps you mentioned this indirectly but when the police start fighting fire with fire the dealers will be interested in maintaining freedom thus forcing the purchase of bigger and more effective arms and to do that they need to sell more drugs. To stay competitive the police then rearm, and the cycle continues. I wonder when the Cops are going to need Abrams Tanks to stay competitive? ...
Krage wants the dirt bags out... oh goody goody... perhaps the police could start picking them up en mass that way the next time I go to the Lake I do not turn my head and accidentally witness a drug deal again while talking on the phone. Then again it could be a staged comment well ahead of elections, to secure an easy victory, but we will soon find out.
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David Dittmann
Did anyone at the crooked 'E' ever ask, " 'Why' is the 'E' in 'Enron' crooked?"
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