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On Apr 24, 8:24 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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"Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" wrote in
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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,
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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!

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?