Now, here's a question that just popped into my mind.

[novapsyche]

Would you support the War on Terrorism if the government gave up the War on Drugs?

I would have to say no. This is despite how much I vehemently hate this ridiculous propaganda campaign that is euphemized as "The War on Drugs".

I have to say this because I'm a pacifist at heart. I'm also a defender of civil liberties. For those reasons, I could not in any sense compromise my principles and support this farce of a "peace action".

"Pre-emptive war". What a load of crap. Sounds like Hitlerism to me.

Comments

[padpedpladuk.livejournal.com]

You've got my vote np!

[incantata.livejournal.com]

I had a similar thought weeks ago, in Washington, amidst the cold and the confusion:

If some of these demonstrators had a choice, a real choice, between stopping the War on Iraq and quitting pot, FEREVER, how many would chose the latter?

Always with the reasonable...

[blorky.livejournal.com]

Nope - they're two separate things, and shouldn't be treated as if they were the same.. FWIW, I support the WoT, and do not support the WoD in it's current form.

Re: Always with the reasonable...

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Yes, this was my thought... I don't really see the two as connected, despite the attempts by certain hawkish types to connect the two.

Perhaps "drug lords" commit acts of terrorism in South America, but I wonder where the real responsibility for that lies? If drugs were not illegal in the U.S., it seems likely that "drug lord" operations would mutate into "respectable" businesses, or "respectable" corporations would move in.

[blorky.livejournal.com]

Hrm... I dont think that a) this would happen, or b) that this would be a good idea.

- Other countries than the US are consumers of illegal drugs.
- There's no reason to believe that drug lords would give up their control of local production operations for the sake of being "respectable".
- While the WoD has focussed mostly on softer drugs, because it's easier to prosecute, let's not forget that hard drugs are actually bad for people, and should be illegal.
- Drug operations are quasi military empires that flaunt local governments, kill judges and prosecuters, and keep indigent workers in near slavery working conditions. The responsibility for that lies with the person who chooses to do that.