[extropy-chat] Anarchy + Transparent Society + ???

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 4/21/07, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

The whole thrust of this thread is that we are not talking about some
> theoretical fairyland where drug dealers might be thought of as
> misunderstood, victimised entrepreneurs.
> (I'd like to live there as well, sounds really cool).
>
> In the real world, drug dealers are amoral armed gangs who kill people
> to defend their territory and their business of destroying the lives
> of their 'customers', who in turn are engaged in constant minor
> criminal activities to finance their addiction.
>
> Let me know how you feel about this after the ruthless drug gangs move
> in to your street, near your family, and you get burgled or mugged
> once a month by druggies.


That's all because it's illegal. You don't have fruit sellers shooting each
other and fruit buyers ending up homeless or mugging people so that they can
get their fix.

Stathis Papaioannou
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