Xref: utzoo talk.politics.misc:41284 alt.drugs:2104 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stc!rocky From: rocky@tcom.stc.co.uk (Dave Kennard) Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,alt.drugs Subject: Re: What, me worry? Message-ID: <2135@bute.tcom.stc.co.uk> Date: 16 Jan 90 15:24:23 GMT References: <21220@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <6185@internal.Apple.COM> Reply-To: rocky@tcom.stc.co.uk (Dave Kennard) Organization: STC Telecoms, London N11 1HB. Lines: 26 In article <6185@internal.Apple.COM> casseres@apple.com (David Casseres) writes: :Have no fear. It is not an accident that to date, the War on Drugs has :had absolutely no impact on the actual availability (or even the street :price) of illegal drugs. That is not its purpose. It is nothing more :than a vast public-relations charade at the expense of the taxpayer's :dollar and the citizen's freedom. Far from trying to "win" the war, :Bush'n'Bennett will endeavor to drag it out for as long as possible. They :are a perfect example of the famous symbiosis between the Vice Squad on :the one hand and the drug dealers, pimps, and numbers operators on the :other. Neither side can prosper without the other. Is this really true? What benefit does Bush and Bennett get from the 'public-relations' excercise? Surely, given the budget deficit and the 'No More Taxes' declarations of Bush's election campaign, it does not seem reasonable that Bush would wish to 'waste' public money? Does your last sentence mean that Bush & co. are waging this 'war' to support the drug dealers etc..? :David Casseres : Exclaimer: Hey! -- +-+ +-+ +- | | Regards, Dave Kennard. | | | | | |/ Dept. 30820, STC Telecommunications, Oakleigh Road South, |-+ | | | |\ New Southgate, LONDON. N11 1HB, England, UK, (etc..) | \ +-+ +- | |Voice (+44) 01-945-2195