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- Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!sgigate!odin!mips!sgi!cdp!ebenami
- From: ebenami@igc.apc.org (Etan Ben-Ami)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: "Drugs" threaten democracy in f
- Message-ID: <1301300230@igc.apc.org>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 02:59:00 GMT
- References: <1992Dec10.093514.17593@ccu1.auku>
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- Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!ebenami Dec 23 18:59:00 1992
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- Bill,
- Concerning prison work -- and I'm not going to include your thread
- -- you've got some fucking balls. You sound like one of those fascist
- potheads who take the line that the drugs they enjoy are damn near
- sacramental while the drugs others choose are a sin. Let the infant
- Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind!
- Right now I've got a friend on Rikers, doing time for simple
- possession of smack. It's maybe the dozenth time he's been inside
- for simple possession. He's a life-long junkie, unable to do anything
- about his habit, except occassionally go on methadone. He's not a bad
- guy and he usually holds down some scut labor job or two. His
- moral character isn't much better or worse than anybody who's had a
- ten year bout of trying to quit smoking.
- So he's a con. You're going to put him to work? I hope they tax
- your butt till it bleeds for the cost of keeping him locked up. I hope
- eventually you'll get tired of paying to have people locked up and
- decide that there really aren't that many non-violent, non-ripoff
- crimes that we have to protect ourselves from. The only way it's
- going to happen is if the people have to pay and pay and pay.
-
- -- Etan Ben-Ami (in a rare flame)
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