Re: surveillance helps those who please those in power

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2002 - 08:42:00 MDT


Damien Broderick wrote:

>At 08:33 PM 9/9/02 -0700, spike wrote:
>
>>Contraire, it would drive those trends. A good part of
>>the reason we even have drug laws is that dopers tend
>>to commit a lot of property crimes. {Right?}
>>
>
>Au contraire, a good part of the reason dopers tend to commit a lot of
>property crimes is that we have drug laws which make their favorite
>passtime insanely expensive. {Right?}
>
>Damien Broderick
>
That wouldn't explain property crimes by marijuana users,
as weed is a very cheap high. I suspect the hard core types
get to where they cannot hold a job, or rather cannot hold
one which would make enough to cover the rent. I dont
see chronic doping as compatible with a good brain job like
software development for instance.

Actually I agree with you however. Cheap webcams protect
the property better than a jillion expensive cops, then let people
smoke whatever they want, which becomes very cheap. spike



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