SemperFiUSMC
Master
- Jun 23, 2009
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on the drug issue:
Riddle me this:
1. What is the chapter and verse of the Constitution that allows the federal govt to set laws such as this? There is an answer - but it's steeped in controversy. One of those - where do you draw line? clauses that the progressives also keep using to screw us.
Commerce clause, Welfare clause, police power doctrine.
2. (this one I don't know, so I thought I'd ask - it's the journalism training, asking pesky questions): Higher per capita crime. What crimes are included in that? Vandalism, burglary, possession?
Don't know. The questions were rhetorical, intended to provoke thought rather than response. They were intended to show that there are issues that need to be addressed.
Also, how much of the crime is directly related to drug market?
Are some of the crimes directly related to getting enough cash to purchase the next hit?
How much of the crime is directly related to the gangs controlling the supply?
Again, don't know. That's what I want to know. I'm not sure there are any studies that show causation / corrolation of crime to drug use, distribution, or territory protection.
There are a lot of What Ifs in the war on drugs.
There are indeed. Which is what I would like to know before changing a long standing status quo.
+1 for not trying to answer the questions but allowing them to provoke thought. And +1 for not being so weak minded you were reduced to name calling.
I guess in the end I envision successful change to be a process, not an event. I guess that is why went I have sought change from the government I have been successful. I am willing to invest in change.
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