From: Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@mcs.net)
Date: Sat May 29 1999 - 06:55:53 MDT
At 11:08 PM 5/28/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>You need a lot stronger reasons to deny all people individual liberties
>and rights of self-protection for the common good, than for letting them
>keep their freedom.
>
Unfortunately, this only applies to rational, intelligent beings - not
politicians bent on reelection and catering to special interests.
>To decrease violence _and_ increase liberty, the government could legalize
>marijuana, MDMA and psychedelics. That would remove lots of reasons for
>offensive use of guns, and make people less likely to use any violence for
>any other reasons. Easier on the budget, too, than gun control.
>
>
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>Sasha Chislenko <http://www.lucifer.com/~sasha/home.html>
>Intelligenesis Corp. <http://intelligenesis.net>
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Someone giggling to himself in a drugged stupor is unlikely to cause
problems to anyone, as long as he's not in control of dangerous machinery
at the time. Beyond that, let 'em smoke whatever they want. I don't care.
If the person endangers someone else, use existing laws to deal with it.
There's BIG MONEY in the 'war on drugs' and all it implies. I had a
business associate try to get me to invest in his 'new, improved' home drug
screening kit - he wants to sell it to schools, prisons, businesses, and
you and me - and expects to make several hundred million dollars in the
first two years. Big money == no change.
Chuck Kuecker
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