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When we do definitively roll back the fraudulent catastrophe that has been the multi-decade international War on Drugs, could we lock up some of its proponents?
by crispinb 9y ago
When we do definitively roll back the fraudulent catastrophe that has been the multi-decade international War on Drugs, could we lock up some of its proponents? Punitive measures are almost always risible policy, but it might be fun to have just a few years' worth of payback.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> could we lock up some of its proponents? For breaking what law? There are good reasons we make it tough to arrest politicians for their political decisions.
- crispinb 9y agoI would have thought you could give my very serious policy proposal some slightly more considered analysis.
- fsloth 9y agoUh, generally locking people up just for doing politics is considered a malady - the term "political prisoner" never sounds great.
- crispinb 9y agoI'm looking forward to your detailed response to my upcoming policy white paper entitled "Retrospective prison sentences for War on Drug Proponents: recommending another risible policy measure"
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoIt is inane to posit future, unknown counter arguments to a present, cogent one.
- crispinb 9y agoSuch a Modest Proposal. So much angst.
- purplerabbit 9y agoHe was using sarcasm.
- mnm1 9y agoI would support the death penalty for the current perpetrators of this mass crime against humanity. US law, however, does not allow such retroactive application of the law for many good reasons. The perpetrators should be tried in international court like the Nazis were. In the end, let's not forget that their goals were essentially the same.