Posted by dorayme on 10/16/10 11:29

> From: Toby Inkster <usenet200510@tobyinkster.co.uk>
>
> dorayme wrote:
>
>> http://dorayme.150m.com/opinionFolder/drugLaws.html
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> Have you read Ben Elton's /High Society/. His argument goes along the
> lines of...

No, perhaps I should though...Sounds like he would entertain me.
Mostly the arguments I use are well known and pop up in
all sorts of contexts by sensible people appalled at the
direction of governments on this issue. There are some very
sniffy people about who fancy themselves as very hard nosed
thinkers and one needs to chase them down hard and have a
backbone to the whole thing (hence the back-to-fundamentals
about the basis of the criminal law and the canvassing of all
the prohibitionist reasoning I can think of). One of the things
that most people miss is the short termedness of repressive
measures, they do not stand us in good stead for the long term.
It would take a generation or two for the massive good effects
that would flow from dismantling prohibition. The price /may/ be
some short term cons... It takes time to grow up (and mostly
stay the hell clear of drugs), prohibition is not the
environment to do this for a whole society.

dorayme

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