Re: China executes food safety cheif

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:50:30 -0700, "Dave Bugg" <davebugg2@xxxxxxxxx>
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His point, which you pretended not to notice, is that we
imprison people for ***SOME*** things which are absurd, like
possessing enough cocaine for one person, not a party.

Is is against the law to posses any amount of illegal narcotic or
not?
We act as if we're protecting
people by arresting them, but meanwhile, if you drink enough,
you can wreck your liver, which makes you more susceptible to
liver cancer. Who gets arrested for possession of booze?

Is it illegal to possess booze?

Change the laws, or obey them.
--
Dave


I figured you'd get to that.

What if your elected slobs made it illegal to go more than 11
miles per hour in your car? Would you obey that law? It's as
stupid as keeping drugs illegal. You may notice that the elected
slobs rarely mention doing anything to change these stupid laws.

All sorts of ludicrous premises can be put forward. Fiction is a
respite for those with no logical argument. My point stands: change
the law or live with it. You can also commit to civil disobedience,
and accept the consequence.

--
Dave

You cannot change the drug laws without risking your life. Two major
categories of people are enriched by keeping them illegal. That why
*I* believe we rarely, if ever hear our elected slobs mention the
idea, except around election time. What is your theory to explain
why our elected slobs won't touch these laws?

I agree with the laws, so they don't concern me. If you disagree with
them, get them changed.

Another question: Does it bother you that drugs are illegal? Do you
find anything wrong with it?

Answered above.

--
Dave

OK. Do you feel that cocaine or heroin are more dangerous than
alcohol? If yes, explain why, or provide links. Or, if you don't want
to put much effort into this, just tell me who told you to say one
drug was more dangerous than another.

So, you've evolved this discussion from the climate of imprisonment in
America, to laws that you disagree with, to the justification of allowing
drug usage.

Nice try. People commit crimes, including drug possession which is illegal.
People get jailed when caught for committing crime. People have the choice
to obey the law or not. If you disagree with the law change it.

many people commit crimes, including drug possession and go to jail.
many people commit crimes, including drug possession and don't go to
jail. a much larger percentage of the former are black than the
percentage of the latter who are black. what's wrong with this
picture?

your pal,
blake
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