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"Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 May 2010 09:23:50 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
>
>> Liberals don't do security.
>
> I'll make a deal with you: you don't say stupid things and I won't think
> you're stupid.

Likewise I'm sure.


From: MNMikeW on

"Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 May 2010 19:55:38 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
> <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> No, but he was married. =A0But there was nothing about him that would
>>> have made it impossible to be a good parent.
>>
>>Well, this may surprise you, but most junkies are not rich and
>>successful. Most are poor and pathetic.
>
> I can't disagree with this. However, many of the problems associated
> with drug addiction are the result of drugs being illegal.
>
No. The problems arise because the drugs ARE ADDICTING! Alcohol is just as
addicting now as it was during prohibition.



From: MNMikeW on

"Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 16 May 2010 11:55:53 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
> <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On May 16, 10:31=A0am, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 16 May 2010 02:01:22 -0700 (PDT), alan <alangba...(a)telus.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Heroin addicts today are in pretty much that precise fix (if you'll
>>> >pardon the pun): they have to pay exorbitant prices to feed their
>>> >addiction and it impacts their ability to discharge the duties of a
>>> >normal life. A heroin addict who is receiving treatment with methadone
>>> >is able to function, so =A0why would they not be able to function if
>>> >they were being treated by smaller doses of heroin instead?
>>>
>>> They use methadone because it gets around the laws against heroin.
>>> Methadone has some advantages because you only need one oral dose a
>>> day rather that 4 or 5 if you shoot smack. =A0Most addicts will tell you
>>> that they prefer smack to methadone. =A0
>>>
>>> Again, most of the negative aspects of heroin are because it's
>>> illegal. =A0A heroin addict with a reliable affordable supply of drugs
>>> can lead a fairly normal life.
>>
>>I have known and been around heroin addicts. They do NOT lead normal
>>lives.
>
> Of course not. However, if heroin was legal they could.

No, they would become more addicted.


From: MNMikeW on

"Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 14 May 2010 17:51:05 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
> <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On May 14, 7:45=A0pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 13 May 2010 14:27:12 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
>>>
>>> <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >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.
>>>
>>> Actually it's been explained a few times already. =A0Obviously you
>>> haven't been paying attention.
>>
>>I've been paying very close attention, and you have not explained it.
>
> If you could get a reliable supply of heroin for $25 a day rather than
> $500, it would be possible for addicts to get the money they neeed
> without stealing.

It would also make then do a lot more heroin.


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"dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote in message
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> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
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>> In article
>> <177e36a9-3e8b-4583-90be-661b9b30c5f9(a)h11g2000vbo.googlegroups.com>,
>> "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On May 16, 5:02 am, alan <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
>> > > On May 15, 10:33 am, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > On Fri, 14 May 2010 17:51:05 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
>> > >
>> > > > <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > >On May 14, 7:45=A0pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>> > > > >> On Thu, 13 May 2010 14:27:12 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
>> > >
>> > > > >> <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > >> >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.
>> > >
>> > > > >> Actually it's been explained a few times already. =A0Obviously
> you
>> > > > >> haven't been paying attention.
>> > >
>> > > > >I've been paying very close attention, and you have not explained
> it.
>> > >
>> > > > If you could get a reliable supply of heroin for $25 a day rather
> than
>> > > > $500, it would be possible for addicts to get the money they neeed
>> > > > without stealing. One of the reasons that methadone was introduced
>> > > > was to allow addicts to stop comitting crimes (many violent) in
> order
>> > > > to support their habit. It also allowed addicts to get jobs and
>> > > > resume a somewhat normal life. The addict benefited and so did the
>> > > > community.
>> > >
>> > > > In addition, if drugs were legally available in a store then street
>> > > > gangs wouldn't be killing each other for the right to seel drugs on
>> > > > the street.
>> > >
>> > > Nor would they be handing out free samples to try and get new
>> > > customers hooked.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > >> >And why are children of drug addicts better off having their
> parents
>> > > > >> >at home? Do you think junkies make good parents?
>> > >
>> > > > >> If drugs were legal, they would have a lot better chance of
>> > > > >> being
> good
>> > > > >> parents.
>> > >
>> > > > >A junkie is a better parent if heroin is legal than if it's
> illegal?
>> > > > >You can't be serious. Did the end of Prohibition make alcoholics
>> > > > >better parents?
>> > >
>> > > > Did it make them worse parents?
>> > >
>> > > Good point.
>> >
>> > It is not a good point at all. Making narcotics widely available,
>> > cheap and easy to buy would expand the ranks of drug addicts. Anyone
>> > who thinks a drug addict can be a responsible, productive member of
>> > society and a good spouse and parent is incredibly ignorant.
>>
>> I'm sorry, but that is just not necessarily so.
>
> Wow. That's a helluva rebuttal. Ever thought about running for office.
> You got the skill of "speaking out of both sides of your mouth down pat."
>
> -Greg
>
>
Bakers stupidly sure is shining through in this thread.