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Subject:	Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:00:25 GMT
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I’m not really concerned about placing blame, but about the aftermath of their destructive behavior. Whose fault would it be if our society legalized coke and some crackhead drving on the wrong side of the road killed you and your family? As I mentioned before, when we as a society are willing to come down HARD on drunk drivers, that is when I will feel safe about legalizing drugs.

First I should state that I belive we should make driving while intoxicated a capital offense. (meaning that it can be punishable by execution once the court system is overhauled, until them life imprisonment) Second why do you assume that leagalizing drugs will increase the usage of them? I would argue anyone who wants to is already using them legal or not. Why else would the drug industry be able to out spend the governments “trying” to stop them?

-Mike Petrucelli

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		Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals!
(...) Um, okay, that's "hard":-) But yes, it is only that kind of "no tolerance" policy that is going to change public behavior. That said, I think it would definitely lead to an increase in the prison population (addressing Richard's qualm), at (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals!
(...) Sure, if they would use it without affecting anyone else, but they won't. They will use and drive cars and barges and operate machinery, and kill 1,000s as drunks do today. What about the freedoms of the rest of us? (...) What I am saying is (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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