Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!ucbvax!sdcsvax!celerity!ron From: ron@celerity.UUCP (Ron McDaniels) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: The war on drugs Message-ID: <579@celerity.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Sep-86 14:34:00 EDT Article-I.D.: celerity.579 Posted: Tue Sep 16 14:34:00 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Sep-86 18:50:08 EDT References: <5305@decwrl.DEC.COM> Reply-To: ron@celerity.UUCP (Ron McDaniels) Organization: Celerity Computing, San Diego, Ca. Lines: 46 In article <5305@decwrl.DEC.COM> williams@kirk.dec.com (John Williams DTN 223-2163) writes: >Has anyone considered the possibility that the war on drugs is being >staged as a diversion from real government issues like increased >military spending? . . . >I think it's a diversion, a chance to make the american collective >conscious focus on a problem other than the ones the government >should be concentrating on, . . . >. . . Most of the problems associated with drugs are due to fact >that they are illegal. > >Again, I resent that the government sees fit to protect me from >myself. Their efforts would be better spent documenting the effects >of drugs *ACCURATELY*. The current propaganda is such a wave of >distortion it makes me want to puke. Reagan is a buffoon. I can't >believe what I'm seeing. If this administration weren't so real, it >would be a comedy of errors. > . . . > John Williams > >PS. Just another case of profiteering in law enforcement. > >PSS. I do not use illegal drugs. Tell you what, dear John. Why don't you make a printed copy of your posting and take it with you to your local police department's drug inforcement unit and ask what they think about your opinions. Get back to us (if you can) with a report of what they said. I suspect that you know so much about drug use that you won't be take-in by anything so-called experts say. For someone who doesn't use drugs, YOU seem to know an awful lot about the extent of the drug problem in America. Signed: A typical, overprotecive father of teenage children, R. L. (Ron) McDaniels CELERITY COMPUTING . 9692 Via Excelencia Way . San Diego, California . 92126 (619) 271-9940 . {decvax || ucbvax || ihnp4 || philabs}!sdcsvax!celerity!ron "There are buffoons and then there are BUFFOONS!"