Subject: Re: [drugwar] Check out "In Praise of Laudanum" Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:56:08 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong Note that the motive behind ALL Statist prohibitions is that people are incapable of making their own decisions and= therefore FORCE must be used "for their own good . This is the= "arrogance" side of the Dick Armey quote I mentioned the other day . On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:51:29 -0500, Preston Peet wrote: >=A0This is a great post Sherri. Another gem of an article out of= the blue, >=A0illustrating quite clearly how ridiculous this whole mind set= of "drug war" >=A0is. How in the hell did the prohibitionists ever gain such= control over the >=A0rest of the populace? Amazing. (I know the technical details,= I'm just >=A0wondering at the absurdity of it all.) >=A0Peace, >=A0Preston > >=A0----- Original Message ----- >=A0From: SherriTheWriter@aol.com >=A0To: drugwar@mindvox.com >=A0Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 6:08 AM >=A0Subject: [drugwar] Check out "In Praise of Laudanum" >=A0Click Here: Check out "In Praise of Laudanum" An odd source, an= interesting > http://www.amconmag.com/2004_03_29/article1.html --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Manhattan Libertarian Drug Affairs Director Libertarian Presidential Candidates =A0:= http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A03/23/2004 9:49:20 AM