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>>>He did straight-up break the law, deliberately. He was carrying around recreational narcotics. One pill. Have a sense of proportion. And go read Les Miser
by mikecane 14y ago
>>>He did straight-up break the law, deliberately. He was carrying around recreational narcotics.
One pill. Have a sense of proportion. And go read Les Miserables. You are being Javert.
- tptacek 14y agoI feel like you're not seeing the comparison I'm drawing here. The doctors who are being screwed over by our drug laws aren't breaking the law. They are the victims of an error prone and occasionally capricious effort to suppress illegal narcotics dealing by unscrupulous doctors. This guy did break the law, did it knowingly, and got caught in part because he displayed poor judgement in dealing with the police and prosecutors. I am not saying "do not have sympathy for this guy". I'm saying, "meter that sympathy out in comparison to people who have truly been ruined by capricious drug laws".
- boxy_brown 14y agoThis comment is pure misanthropy. Some of the people expressing their concern in this thread are THE VERY SAME PEOPLE YOU SCOLD US FOR NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO. You're telling the victims of drug prohibition to not feel bad for other victims of drug prohibition. You are a hateful person.