I suspect that most people haven't gotten a decent "birds and the bees" talk, so there is much confusion. If my blog post about "the difference between boys and

I suspect that most people haven't gotten a decent "birds and the bees" talk, so there is much confusion. If my blog post about "the difference between boys and girls" [0] were required reading we'd all be better off... I tell women about that experience, and they usually laugh because they get it. [0] http://www.taxiwars.org/2016/02/the-difference-between-boys-girls.html http://www.taxiwars.org/2016/02/the-difference-between-boys-... I was drawn to comment here because of these two paragraphs: > You can think of crimes as a sort of pyramid: At the top, there are a relatively small number of actions that we can all clearly agree merit the severest sanction, if proven. And then, as you slide down the walls of the pyramid, a growing number of cases that are less and less bad. At the base of the pyramid is a gray area where reasonable people can disagree about whether the evidence is strong, or the behavior alleged merits any sanction. > What happens if we try to apply the sanctions that are clearly merited for the guys at the top to the guys in the middle? What happens if we try to move the line down until it encompasses more and more of the guys at the bottom? This is a good analogy, except the drug war turns this hypothetical pyramid into something more like an hourglass. Drug war sanctions are applied to people who haven't hurt anyone but themselves. A week ago I learned my "Who Are Your Lifelines" [1] passenger was back in jail. I determined that his next hearing was today, so I went. The arrest warrant was 2.5 years old. He was actually doing fine, until he crossed paths with a law enforcement officer ~3 weeks ago. He has a job & some degree of stability. Hopefully this progress will persist in spite of spending the next 30 days in jail... [1] http://www.TaxiWars.org/who-are-your-lifelines/ http://www.TaxiWars.org/who-are-your-lifelines/ edit: another sentence & [0] added to opening.