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You do realize he (allegedly) paid to have someone killed, right?
by CrankyPants 13y ago
You do realize he (allegedly) paid to have someone killed, right?
- thret 13y agoThat was his point, the war on drugs creates violence and is not a deterrence.
- al1x 13y agoHow does the war on drugs have anything to do with DPR hiring a hit on the hacker who broke into his website and threatened to dump his user database, an act that would presumably shake customer confidence and lose him business?
- lectrick 13y agoProhibition also created a significant amount of violence... which has all but mysteriously disappeared. Eliminate the illegality and you eliminate the incentive for "hits" to prevent jail time or extortion.
- CrankyPants 13y agoThis seems to be his point: > More consenting adults being arrested for consenting. The "consenting adults" argument is tough to make when hits are being put out.
- lectrick 13y agoProhibition also created a significant amount of violence... which has all but mysteriously disappeared. Eliminate the illegality and you eliminate the incentive for "hits" to prevent jail time or extortion.
- CrankyPants 13y agoOrganized crime has anything but "all but mysteriously disappeared". Not sure what your point is.
- lectrick 13y agoIf drugs were legal, there would be no need to kill anyone for fear of being revealed or extorted. Prohibition also created a significant amount of violence... which has all but mysteriously disappeared. I wonder why. Did people magically become less evil? I think not. I think a fundamental flaw in the system was addressed properly back then, and certain perverse incentives were eliminated. Eliminate the illegality and you eliminate the incentive for "hits" to prevent jail time or extortion.