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Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
So do we escalate our punishment to the death penalty? Hardly. Those countries are barbaric in their punishments for many other lesser crimes as well.
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Barbarism is a matter of perspective. Singapore in particular is a commomwealth country and most of its laws are derived from the UK's. Which of its law do you find barbaric?
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Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
So do we start prosecuting folks for other self-destructive behaviors that affect their families in a similar fashion? Hardly. People make poor choices that affect their families and loved ones every day. They are family and social problems, not criminal problems. Treatment and guidance are the accepted methods of dealing with most of these poor choices..[/B]
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I am not saying that we prosecute the users, but rather the dealers and smugglers.
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[i]Criminalization of drugs other than alcohol has done nothing to solve the problem. It has made criminals out of otherwise good people. [/B]
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Drug dealers and smugglers are good people caught in an unjust society that criminalizes their behaviour? Would you extend that same logic extend to all criminals?
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[i]Most of the supplemental criminal problems, like the smuggling these folks helped with, the murders motivated by the huge profits, and the like would dry up and go away if we dropped the criminalization. [/B]
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And we will all be one happy drugged up nation. No thanks, remember the Opium War in China?
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[i]The billions we spend every year going after these kinds of people would be better spent treating the victims; the users and their families. Does anyone seriously think what we are doing now is working? [/B]
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If my bath tub was overfilling, i would first turn off the tap before i start bucketing the water into the sink.
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