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- From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves
- Subject: Re: Drug testing and welfare
- Message-ID: <LuumoB20w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 18:38:20 BST
- References: <92209.113511JMS111@psuvm.psu.edu>
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- Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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- Jenni Sheehey <JMS111@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- > In article <a5qkoB16w165w@mantis.co.uk>, mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> says:
- > >Has it occurred to you that people might want to choose to take drugs? That
- > >they might do so occasionally, without becoming addicted?
- >
- > I don't really care whether they want to or not, if they're using my
- > money to do so.
-
- Ah, so you want to *remove* the welfare system. Fine, why didn't you say so?
-
- Or are you claiming that what *you* want them to do with the money is
- important, while what *other people* want them to do with the money isn't?
-
- > people who have been over here. Because nobody forced them, they were
- > allowed to totally and completely screw up their lives before receiving
- > any treatment.
-
- Actually, it's more likely to be because (a) they were stupid and (b) nobody
- cared about them. Many alcoholics also ruin their lives because nobody
- forces them to take treatment -- are you suggesting mandatory alcohol tests
- and AA treatment?
-
-
- mathew
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