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- From: petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jim Petersen)
- Subject: Re: legalization in Britian
- Message-ID: <petersen-291292011746@elvex33.acns.nwu.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec28.013009.29984@tc.cornell.edu> <1hoc9nINNsjn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:18:34 GMT
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- In article <1hoc9nINNsjn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bz269@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
- (James D. Del Vecchio) wrote:
-
- > > Drugs and marijhuana are not illegal because the vast majority
- > >of Americans believe that they should be so, they are illegal because
- > >a few jokers passed the laws through congress with the promise
- > >of kickbacks to the law makers.
- >
- > That plus the vast majority of Americans believe the they should be
- > so.
-
- 'The vast majority of Americans' is a highly manipulatible group.
- A government campaign to teach Americans than drugs are good would
- quickly result in 'the vast majority of Americans' believing with
- all their hearts that drugs are good.
-
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Jim Petersen petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu jp@darkstar.com
-
- If mercy's in business I wish it for you-
- More than just ashes when your dreams come true.
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