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please, americans, stop buying drugs that go through mexico. i don't care if it should be legalised or not. you still have a choice. so this guy's blood (and

please, americans, stop buying drugs that go through mexico. i don't care if it should be legalised or not. you still have a choice. so this guy's blood (and his unimaginable suffering) is on your hands. and he's just one of thousands. [and, to pre-empt the excuses, how do you really know what is home-sourced?]

quesera 14y ago
It's a tragedy, but that doesn't exempt you from analyzing it rationally. The cartels chose their actions, and their line of business. Culpability ends there. He chose his job. Risk-taking for an admirable cause is admirable. Was his an admirable cause? The governments chose their War. Enforcement focus on society-threatening crimes is appropriate. Are these society-threatening crimes? And you're blaming the kid on the street?
ryanac 14y ago
I don't like this argument because you can replace "drugs" with anything a government decides to make illegal. If a product or service is made illegal and there's still a demand, it will be sold on the black market and everyone knows what that funds. The people who created laws that pushed these "drugs" into the black market knew this too and they also had a choice; collect the money themselves through taxes and use it as they see fit (probably to, I don't know, reduce drug use) or keep funding these kinds of activities. Obviously if all/some drugs were legalized they'd find something else to sell, but why make it easy for them by giving them total monopoly over some of the most sought after substances on earth, with an endless supply of customers, some who are legitimately in need. Also, when it comes to legalization vs "getting everyone in America to stop buying drugs", I think legalization is a lot more realistic. P.S. I know one sure fire way to make sure it's home-sourced, unfortunately I can't do that because it carries some risk, jail.

quesera 14y ago

It's a tragedy, but that doesn't exempt you from analyzing it rationally. The cartels chose their actions, and their line of business. Culpability ends there. He chose his job. Risk-taking for an admirable cause is admirable. Was his an admirable cause? The governments chose their War. Enforcement focus on society-threatening crimes is appropriate. Are these society-threatening crimes? And you're blaming the kid on the street?

ryanac 14y ago

I don't like this argument because you can replace "drugs" with anything a government decides to make illegal. If a product or service is made illegal and there's still a demand, it will be sold on the black market and everyone knows what that funds. The people who created laws that pushed these "drugs" into the black market knew this too and they also had a choice; collect the money themselves through taxes and use it as they see fit (probably to, I don't know, reduce drug use) or keep funding these kinds of activities. Obviously if all/some drugs were legalized they'd find something else to sell, but why make it easy for them by giving them total monopoly over some of the most sought after substances on earth, with an endless supply of customers, some who are legitimately in need. Also, when it comes to legalization vs "getting everyone in America to stop buying drugs", I think legalization is a lot more realistic. P.S. I know one sure fire way to make sure it's home-sourced, unfortunately I can't do that because it carries some risk, jail.