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From: johnsonr@spot.Colorado.EDU (Richard Johnson)
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Subject: War on Drugs|Computer Underground (was Re: CNN)
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Date: 18 Nov 90 19:16:05 GMT
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jhenders@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) writes:
>	Of course, [Noriega has] been branded as a "drug lord", so I guess
> it's all right.  Does no one else see the McCarthy tactics being used in
> the current war on drugs?

There is no war on drugs, just like there is no real war against "computer
hackers."  Instead, there are just a bunch of innocent people being
victimized by the law enforcement authorities who are supposed to be
protecting them.  Why does our political system go pathological like this?

>	John Henders
>	Vancouver,B.C.

Richard Johnson
johnsonr@spot.colorado.edu