You wanna talk metrics or dollars?

Post #83,894 by Brandioch 2/24/03 10:07:48 PM Reply	You wanna talk metrics or dollars? We have MORE "criminals" in our jails for drug offenses. Therefore, our way MUST be better. We spend MORE money prosecuting and jailing those "criminals". Therefore, our way MUST be better. Didn't Econ101 teach you ANYTHING? You get what you pay for and we're paying a lot more for our "War on Drugs" than they are.
Post #83,938 by bepatient 2/25/03 12:11:46 AM Reply	You really can't read, can you? What part of "we can learn something from them" did you fail to understand? Ashton I expect it from. He's so busy inventing my positions that I doubt he even reads my posts anymore...preferring to make up positions so that he can use the word economics and bizness in another post. My post specifically praised their differing focus on hard and soft drugs...and stated that we (the US) could learn from their lead. You..on the other hand...in an effort to "avoid" me...by again posting one step removed...bit you in the ass this time...because you obviously only read Ashton's post...and made an ass of yourself for not actually reading mine. Been to Amsterdam lately? Maybe you >lived< there? I did. And because its such a small place..and the addicts are so concentrated because of that...it can be dangerous. I have no doubt our percentages are worse. I also have no doubt our enforcement tactics don't work. But that shouldn't stop you from ignoring that in my post and veiling an insult. Heaven's no. You are so above that. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #84,003 by bepatient 2/25/03 1:06:22 PM Reply	Smell that? Fear. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #84,229 by Ashton 2/26/03 6:21:30 AM Reply	Touch\ufffd Yes, I noted your comment that we could learn something - incorrectly parsing that as ~ "we could learn... something" from Amsterdamites. As in.. 'with faint praise'. My bad - imaginary emphasis on my part. I've visited Am. a few times too, but not long enough or recent enough to have an opinion on How-bad is the Bad section. I do have an opinion of How-bad are many of Our Bad sections. Nightly fire-fight? Permanent war zone. Artificial scarcity if? When! It Kills Us. (But that's OK - they're junkies; criminals not er 'patients'. Bump the price a bit higher so they can steal more and you can arrest more - by buying stoolies to invent DA-friendly stories. cha cha cha) Hey.. doesn't that circle jerk sound more like [the Obligatory] Bizness?? Offhand I'd guess that if we merely copied all of the Good & Bad aspects of the Dutch approach blindly.. we'd be 832% better off (just in $$ - vastly more in all other more important senses). I'd also bet that our Puritanism will guarantee that We Won't come even half-way in that direction until.. maybe 20% are incarcerated (not just 20% of the colored - but overall population). We haven't learned shit from Prohibition.. too long ago for the young to have any knowledge except a sentence in a reader. Blessed are those who expect nothing. Ashton

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