On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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Tim
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Your tax dollars at work!

Who cares if someone is hurting themselves?

Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine.

Quiz time, Jim. Think about violence related to the manufacture,
transport and sale of alcoholic beverages. When is the last time you
heard of that kind of violence SPECIFICALLY related to booze?

That has nothing to do with Fred's question. Nice try.

It has everything to do with it. But, I'm not surprised you missed it. Hint:
Forget the words "drug use" and think about the word "crimes". Or,
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for crying out loud. It's an article about the USCG hauling the bigest
drug bust they've ever had. 20 tons of coke!

I'm really amazed that the smugglers had the cargo sitting right on
the top for all the world to see.

that's brazenly foolish.

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On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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In oglegroups.com,
Tim
sprach forth the following:

Your tax dollars at work!

Who cares if someone is hurting themselves?

Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine.

Quiz time, Jim. Think about violence related to the manufacture,
transport and sale of alcoholic beverages. When is the last time you
heard of that kind of violence SPECIFICALLY related to booze?

That has nothing to do with Fred's question. Nice try.

It has everything to do with it. But, I'm not surprised you missed it.
Hint:
Forget the words "drug use" and think about the word "crimes". Or,
substitute "violence".- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

for crying out loud. It's an article about the USCG hauling the bigest
drug bust they've ever had. 20 tons of coke!

Another voice of reason. ;-)

The original topic of this thread has been turned and twisted OT then filled
with flames to justify taking it OT.

I could turn to the "reading comprehension" insult but I will not sink to
that level. ;-)

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:42:39 -0400, "JimH" wrote:


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On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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"Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" wrote in
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In oglegroups.com,
Tim
sprach forth the following:

Your tax dollars at work!

Who cares if someone is hurting themselves?

Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine.

Quiz time, Jim. Think about violence related to the manufacture,
transport and sale of alcoholic beverages. When is the last time you
heard of that kind of violence SPECIFICALLY related to booze?

That has nothing to do with Fred's question. Nice try.

It has everything to do with it. But, I'm not surprised you missed it.
Hint:
Forget the words "drug use" and think about the word "crimes". Or,
substitute "violence".- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

for crying out loud. It's an article about the USCG hauling the bigest
drug bust they've ever had. 20 tons of coke!

Another voice of reason. ;-)

The original topic of this thread has been turned and twisted OT then filled
with flames to justify taking it OT.

I could turn to the "reading comprehension" insult but I will not sink to
that level. ;-)


Go adjust your 'filters', Jimmy.

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On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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"Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" wrote in
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In
oglegroups.com,
Tim
sprach forth the following:

Your tax dollars at work!

Who cares if someone is hurting themselves?

Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money
to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine.

Quiz time, Jim. Think about violence related to the manufacture,
transport and sale of alcoholic beverages. When is the last time you
heard of that kind of violence SPECIFICALLY related to booze?

That has nothing to do with Fred's question. Nice try.

It has everything to do with it. But, I'm not surprised you missed it.
Hint:
Forget the words "drug use" and think about the word "crimes". Or,
substitute "violence".- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

for crying out loud. It's an article about the USCG hauling the bigest
drug bust they've ever had. 20 tons of coke!

Another voice of reason. ;-)

The original topic of this thread has been turned and twisted OT then
filled with flames to justify taking it OT.


That's right. ***YOU*** sent it in another direction when you said this:
"Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine."

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On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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"Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" wrote in
message
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In
oglegroups.com,
Tim
sprach forth the following:

Your tax dollars at work!

Who cares if someone is hurting themselves?

Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money
to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine.

Quiz time, Jim. Think about violence related to the manufacture,
transport and sale of alcoholic beverages. When is the last time you
heard of that kind of violence SPECIFICALLY related to booze?

That has nothing to do with Fred's question. Nice try.

It has everything to do with it. But, I'm not surprised you missed it.
Hint:
Forget the words "drug use" and think about the word "crimes". Or,
substitute "violence".- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

for crying out loud. It's an article about the USCG hauling the bigest
drug bust they've ever had. 20 tons of coke!

Another voice of reason. ;-)

The original topic of this thread has been turned and twisted OT then
filled with flames to justify taking it OT.


That's right. ***YOU*** sent it in another direction when you said this:
"Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine."


Nope. I will forgive you for leaving out the fact that I was replying to
the male prostitute when he asked "Who cares if someone is hurting
themselves?".

But whatever you want to think is fine with me Doug. I hope you and Fred
have fun playing in the mud together.

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On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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"Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" wrote in
message
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In
oglegroups.com,
Tim
sprach forth the following:

Your tax dollars at work!

Who cares if someone is hurting themselves?

Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money
to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine.

Quiz time, Jim. Think about violence related to the manufacture,
transport and sale of alcoholic beverages. When is the last time
you
heard of that kind of violence SPECIFICALLY related to booze?

That has nothing to do with Fred's question. Nice try.

It has everything to do with it. But, I'm not surprised you missed it.
Hint:
Forget the words "drug use" and think about the word "crimes". Or,
substitute "violence".- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

for crying out loud. It's an article about the USCG hauling the bigest
drug bust they've ever had. 20 tons of coke!

Another voice of reason. ;-)

The original topic of this thread has been turned and twisted OT then
filled with flames to justify taking it OT.


That's right. ***YOU*** sent it in another direction when you said this:
"Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine."


Nope. I will forgive you for leaving out the fact that I was replying to
the male prostitute when he asked "Who cares if someone is hurting
themselves?".

But whatever you want to think is fine with me Doug. I hope you and Fred
have fun playing in the mud together.


The "hurting themselves" idea relates to whether certain drugs should be
illegal. Booze is legal, and assuming I didn't drive while drinking, I could
drink myself into a coffin without hurting anyone else (physically). My
brother in law did exactly that. I could also blind myself by using a bench
grinder without safety goggles, or make myself deaf by playing in my band
without hearing protection. Should power tools and drums be illegal?

On Apr 24, 6:28 pm, Tim wrote:
On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:





"JimH" wrote in message

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
"JimH" wrote in message
. ..

"Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" wrote in message
. ..
In oglegroups.com,
Tim
sprach forth the following:

Your tax dollars at work!

Who cares if someone is hurting themselves?

Because drug use often results in crimes on others to obtain money to
support the habit, especially with hard drugs like cocaine.

Quiz time, Jim. Think about violence related to the manufacture,
transport and sale of alcoholic beverages. When is the last time you
heard of that kind of violence SPECIFICALLY related to booze?

That has nothing to do with Fred's question. Nice try.

It has everything to do with it. But, I'm not surprised you missed it. Hint:
Forget the words "drug use" and think about the word "crimes". Or,
substitute "violence".- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

for crying out loud. It's an article about the USCG hauling the bigest
drug bust they've ever had. 20 tons of coke!

I'm really amazed that the smugglers had the cargo sitting right on
the top for all the world to see.

that's brazenly foolish.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Or..... They thought they had all the enforcement (shakedown)
officials covered. You just don't get it, as much money is made by the
so called good guys in the drug business, as the bad guys.

On 25 Apr 2007 18:39:24 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 24, 6:28 pm, Tim wrote:
On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:






Or..... They thought they had all the enforcement (shakedown)
officials covered. You just don't get it, as much money is made by the
so called good guys in the drug business, as the bad guys.


Well, apparently not all the enforcement folks are bad guys, right?

On Apr 26, 7:52 am, John H. wrote:
On 25 Apr 2007 18:39:24 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 24, 6:28 pm, Tim wrote:
On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

Or..... They thought they had all the enforcement (shakedown)
officials covered. You just don't get it, as much money is made by the
so called good guys in the drug business, as the bad guys.

Well, apparently not all the enforcement folks are bad guys, right?

Right. Not all are all bad, in fact, probably very few, but in so many
police departments, the bad ones seem to rule. If you have a situation
where there are one or two out of a dozen or so that are bad, and the
rest are either afraid to expose them, or turn away due to the blue
shield of silence, you got a dirty dozen. I have seen otherwise good
cops go along with bad ones on too many occasions out of fear for
their jobs, or their own personal safety. Eventually, the good ones
just seem to go along. Where I grew up, the local police ran and
protected the drug business, everyone knew it, you just kept quiet and
stayed out or their way.

On 26 Apr 2007 08:21:45 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 26, 7:52 am, John H. wrote:
On 25 Apr 2007 18:39:24 -0700, wrote:

On Apr 24, 6:28 pm, Tim wrote:
On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

Or..... They thought they had all the enforcement (shakedown)
officials covered. You just don't get it, as much money is made by the
so called good guys in the drug business, as the bad guys.

Well, apparently not all the enforcement folks are bad guys, right?

Right. Not all are all bad, in fact, probably very few, but in so many
police departments, the bad ones seem to rule. If you have a situation
where there are one or two out of a dozen or so that are bad, and the
rest are either afraid to expose them, or turn away due to the blue
shield of silence, you got a dirty dozen. I have seen otherwise good
cops go along with bad ones on too many occasions out of fear for
their jobs, or their own personal safety. Eventually, the good ones
just seem to go along. Where I grew up, the local police ran and
protected the drug business, everyone knew it, you just kept quiet and
stayed out or their way.

Strange. I've got two brothers who are retired cops. Neither are rich. And,
neither have discussed the rule of police departments by bad cops. That's
not to say they don't exist, but they may not be as prevalent as you make
them out to be.