From: John B. on
On May 14, 4:44 am, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> In article
> <59ace2a0-ef4d-4b2a-8514-301868861...(a)a34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
>  "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On May 12, 8:06 pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 10 May 2010 17:54:31 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
>
> > > <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >On May 10, 8:20=A0pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> > > >> On Mon, 10 May 2010 09:25:59 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
>
> > > >> <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> >If narcotics are made legal and easy to buy, will drug addiction - and
> > > >> >the many problems it imposes on society - go up or down?
>
> > > >> The many problems imposed on society by drugs being illegal will go
> > > >> down.
>
> > > >Those problems include violent crime, disease, poverty, prostitution,
> > > >child abuse and neglect, homelessness. Why would legalizing drugs
> > > >cause them to diminish?
>
> > > I have no doubt that legalizing drugs would reduce violent crime
> > > significantly.  It would reduce those diseases associated with people
> > > sharing needles like HIV and hepatitis.  It would probably reduce
> > > homelessness a bit.  Prostitution would stay about the same but women
> > > would no longer have to sell themselves to pay for their drug habits.
> > > Children of addicts would also benefit because their parent's would no
> > > longer be in jail and have to steal to buy drugs.
> > > What people fail to understand is that most of the negative things
> > > associated with drug abuse are the result of drugs being illegal, not
> > > the drugs themselves.
>
> > You have yet to explain how or why legalizing drugs would have any of
> > these effects. Legal or illegal, people still have to pay for them.
>
> Because a black market charges far more for drugs than they actually
> cost to provide.
>
> --
> Alan Baker
> Vancouver, British Columbia
> <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>

So does any market. It's called making a profit.
From: William Clark on
In article <MPG.26571432bedc66d3989f0d(a)news.giganews.com>,
BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

> In article <clark-A9BFC7.07535414052010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-
> state.edu>, clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says...
> >
> > In article <MPG.26570128e6ab5426989f03(a)news.giganews.com>,
> > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <va9pu51uhst8rar2kqthuicb8hbi7mjoef(a)4ax.com>,
> > > howard(a)brazee.net says...
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 13 May 2010 17:59:35 -0400, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >> >If the person is charged with illegal entry only, they are NOT sent
> > > > >> >to
> > > > >> >trial... they are turned over to U.S. Customs and get a "hearing,"
> > > > >> >which is totally different from a trial. The normal result is
> > > > >> >deportation.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> What if the person is innocent?
> > > > >
> > > > >Any non-citizen of the US who is here legally is required to have
> > > > >proof
> > > > >of their authority to be in the US on their person at all times. This
> > > > >is
> > > > >a federal law and a condition of their entry into the US.
> > > > >
> > > > >Therefore, there can be no innocence.
> > > >
> > > > Citizens can be charged with illegal entry.
> > >
> > > Any one can be charged with any thing. Courts do not have a finding of
> > > innocence, it is either guilty or not guilty.
> >
> > They have a presumption of innocence, unless guilt can be proved.
> > Innocent is, therefore, the status quo.
>
>
> A presumption of innocence is not a finding of innocence.

Yes it is, until a finding of guilty is arrived at.
From: dene on

"William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
news:clark-593FF9.07524114052010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> In article <MPG.2657015a88d3397989f04(a)news.giganews.com>,
> BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <alangbaker-201299.01450114052010(a)news.shawcable.com>,
> > alangbaker(a)telus.net says...
> > >
> > > In article <MPG.26564053374fa0c7989ef4(a)news.giganews.com>,
> > > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <sfjmu5h5ebhlmmtja8mpno8a503sr375gt(a)4ax.com>,
> > > > howard(a)brazee.net says...
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 12 May 2010 16:33:27 -0700, Loudon Briggs <larebe(a)bbz.net>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >If the person is charged with illegal entry only, they are NOT
sent to
> > > > > >trial... they are turned over to U.S. Customs and get a
"hearing,"
> > > > > >which is totally different from a trial. The normal result is
> > > > > >deportation.
> > > > >
> > > > > What if the person is innocent?
> > > >
> > > > Any non-citizen of the US who is here legally is required to have
proof
> > > > of their authority to be in the US on their person at all times.
This is
> > > > a federal law and a condition of their entry into the US.
> > > >
> > > > Therefore, there can be no innocence.
> > >
> > > Cite the actual law...
> >
> > Sorry, Canada Boy, I'm not interested in playing your game.
>
> Game, set, and match to Alan.

Only you would declare a troll to be victorious.

-Greg


From: William Clark on
In article <855cu5Ffe6U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
"dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:

> "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
> news:clark-593FF9.07524114052010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> > In article <MPG.2657015a88d3397989f04(a)news.giganews.com>,
> > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <alangbaker-201299.01450114052010(a)news.shawcable.com>,
> > > alangbaker(a)telus.net says...
> > > >
> > > > In article <MPG.26564053374fa0c7989ef4(a)news.giganews.com>,
> > > > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In article <sfjmu5h5ebhlmmtja8mpno8a503sr375gt(a)4ax.com>,
> > > > > howard(a)brazee.net says...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, 12 May 2010 16:33:27 -0700, Loudon Briggs <larebe(a)bbz.net>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >If the person is charged with illegal entry only, they are NOT
> sent to
> > > > > > >trial... they are turned over to U.S. Customs and get a
> "hearing,"
> > > > > > >which is totally different from a trial. The normal result is
> > > > > > >deportation.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What if the person is innocent?
> > > > >
> > > > > Any non-citizen of the US who is here legally is required to have
> proof
> > > > > of their authority to be in the US on their person at all times.
> This is
> > > > > a federal law and a condition of their entry into the US.
> > > > >
> > > > > Therefore, there can be no innocence.
> > > >
> > > > Cite the actual law...
> > >
> > > Sorry, Canada Boy, I'm not interested in playing your game.
> >
> > Game, set, and match to Alan.
>
> Only you would declare a troll to be victorious.
>
> -Greg

Only you would deny the undeniable.
From: Alan Baker on
In article <MPG.2657021d228081d4989f05(a)news.giganews.com>,
BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

> In article <alangbaker-FCCA0B.01273814052010(a)news.shawcable.com>,
> alangbaker(a)telus.net says...
> >
> > In article <MPG.2656547f6fa23213989efe(a)news.giganews.com>,
> > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <aa7f0e4a-180d-4494-bc15-6430927db7d3
> > > @h9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says...
> > > >
> > > > On May 13, 6:01�pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > > > In article <08aa20a5-5d71-4a75-b127-d34cdbb5e645
> > > > > @a34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On May 12, 5:55�pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wed, 12 May 2010 10:24:29 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
> > > > > > > > "Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > > >news:4be9f0e7$0$19807$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> > > > >
> > > > > > > >> There is NO WAY that all these undocumented workers are doing
> > > > > > > >> enough
> > > > > > > >> damage to the country to justify the cost of hunting them down
> > > > > > > >> and
> > > > > > > >> getting rid of them.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > Tell that to Arizona.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > They're certainly going to spend a lot of money with their new
> > > > > > > pogrom.
> > > > >
> > > > > > They sure are. What are they going to do with the people they
> > > > > > arrest
> > > > > > under the new law? Drive them to the ICE Field Office in Phoenix
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > dump them there? Arizona is a huge state. Or will they call the ICE
> > > > > > office and demand that they come and get them, then hold them for a
> > > > > > week or more until someone from ICE can take an entire day out of
> > > > > > his
> > > > > > schedule to go pick them up? The AZ law doesn't give local
> > > > > > jurisdictions authority to deport illegal aliens - only to arrest
> > > > > > them.
> > > > >
> > > > > The law is having its intended effect.
> > > >
> > > > How do you know? They just passed the goddamn thing.
> > >
> > > Can't think past your rage.
> >
> > Can't articulate your evidence for claim?
>
> Your brain surgeons can't see that the issues is now front and center in
> the US and it is being talked about and hopefully the federal government
> will actually perform its duty and protect the citizens of the US from
> these foreign invaders that are causing harm to the US.
>
> Sometimes you need a cattle prod to get the fat lazy cow, federal
> government, moving in the direction that the citizens of the US want it
> to go.

So the intended effect of an outrageous law is to get people talking
about the problem? That's your claim?

LOL

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>