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You are drowning. I jump in and help you to shore. You immediately jump back in and start drowning again. Someone else helps you to shore You jump back in a
by bluefirebrand 3y ago
You are drowning.
I jump in and help you to shore.
You immediately jump back in and start drowning again.
Someone else helps you to shore
You jump back in and start drowning again.
Eventually everyone who would help you wants some kind of evidence that this time you won't just jump back in before they help you.
You drown.
Are you saying they should have done more?
- bombcar 3y agoAt some point you put up a fence, either around the drowning pond or around the jumper.
- bluefirebrand 3y agoIn this metaphor the pond is drugs and the jumper is an addict. We've tried putting a "fence" around drugs, it doesn't work. And we've decided that putting a "fence" around addicts (aka prison) is wrong. So it seems like we really don't have options.