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Re: An armed society...(what if?)
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002 04:11:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> I wouldn't call that a "conspiracy". They don't have to be clandestine to
> lobby for the continuation of the "war on drugs", in good or bad faith. I'd
> just as soon see the drugs legalized and have the drug dealers and drug-law
> enforcers put out of business, and both sides are free to present their case
> (inertia usually wins, alas).
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> As to them becoming dependent on the seizures - yup, that can become a
> problem (revenue producing speed traps come to mind). Nothing new, but
> potentially more harmful. But file it under "abuse" and not "conspiracy".
For one semester in 1988, I was playing with being a criminal justice major.
It ended up being really dull, so I moved on to several other major fields.
But in that process I determined that there are cops who know what's going on
and why these drug laws are really being supported. The one who I personally
knew, thought we should legalize drugs even though he was an "insider." If
there is one who understands, surely there are others. And surely some of them
are helping to orchestrate the resistance to changing the laws. How many must
there be for a conspiracy?
What if there are a few people at the top manipulating things with the use of
their power bases (law enforcement officers)? Is that a conspiracy? I am not
asserting that is the case, merely hypothesizing and clarifying.
Chris
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| (...) As further clarification, it might be useful to distinguish between the Foucault's-Pendulum-style Conspiracies and simple two-guys-working-together conspracies. The former generally cannot exist in its described form, since it demands far too (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I wouldn't call that a "conspiracy". They don't have to be clandestine to lobby for the continuation of the "war on drugs", in good or bad faith. I'd just as soon see the drugs legalized and have the drug dealers and drug-law enforcers put out (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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