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Honestly I think the whole reason for the "war on drugs" is to justify domestic surveillance and wire tapping. You make a valid point that it also has become i
by Xichekolas 18y ago
Honestly I think the whole reason for the "war on drugs" is to justify domestic surveillance and wire tapping.
You make a valid point that it also has become it's own end, but I also think it's much easier to have strong and assertive domestic law enforcement when you can justify it by claiming they are "fighting the war on drugs".
- pwim 18y agoWe can move on now as we have the "war on terror" to justify these now.
- ellyagg 18y agoI wish you and your parent would stick with Occam's Razor on this one. There really are a large percentage of reasonably minded people who think that legalizing drugs would cause more harm than good. Considering that alcohol has well-known negative effects on society, and is legal, it's not as if these folks' concerns are outrageous. I'm fully, passionately on board with legalizing drugs, but accusing your opponents of intellectual dishonesty all the time only impresses people who already agree with you.
- Xichekolas 18y agoWell when I said that I wasn't trying to claim that everyone who supports the current drug laws was being intellectually dishonest. I was trying to say that I think the reason law enforcement (at all levels) pursues the 'drug war' so assertively is that it justifies a lot of spending, manpower, and surveillance, which may be good or bad. When something pays the bills and gives you a little more latitude to operate, you'll find ways to justify it whether you are winning or losing.