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Re: If you oppose drug legalization, you support terrorism!
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Wed, 6 Feb 2002 21:16:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron writes:
DaveE writes:
I don't think I'd support the arguement, but I could see it being
viable. The impetus behind this being ultimately one I'd *personally* agree
with, which would be to get 3rd world countries producing actually valuable
assets

You mean like coffee and cocoa?  Well they're certainly getting my support,
as I start each morning with a pot of 100% Columbian-- and I sometimes have
chocolate at breakfast.

Not really-- essentially you want a good mix of various products, not all of
them physical. In order to graduate from being a 3rd world country, I expect
they'd need other profitable areas... not just a single product like cocoa
or cigars or cocaine.

But is it in the best interest of the world as a whole for them to graduate
from being a third world country?  Someone has to produce raw goods.  And we
don't have the global resources for everyone on the planet to sustain the
standard of living that the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, Australia, etc. are
accustomed to.


I'd say the greatest argument against drug
legalization is Starbuck's.  It's scary to think what the equivalent here
would be if cocaine were legal!  ;-)

Heh-- Corner Crack Shops? The new vision for America :)

Nah, gotta think of a catchier name for it to attract the trendier post-Yuppie
crowd.  Something like Sherlock's, or A Fine Line....

Maggie



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  Re: If you oppose drug legalization, you support terrorism!
 
(...) Heh-- I brought that up in the other corner of the thread :) Threatening to the US? Potentially. Good(TM)? I dunno. Depends on who for, as usual :) (...) Sad but true. I'm not against them producing raw goods, but it seems that: 1. "3rd world" (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Not really-- essentially you want a good mix of various products, not all of them physical. In order to graduate from being a 3rd world country, I expect they'd need other profitable areas... not just a single product like cocoa or cigars or (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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