[ExI] state of conflict technology

[spike at rainier66.com]

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Subject: Re: [ExI] state of conflict technology

<spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> I am AGIN it, I tells ya!  All of it, all forms of dope, everything, AGIN
it!  Bad medicine it is.  Poison.  Toxic to mind, body and spirit.

That's rather inconsistent with libertarianism.

Keith
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On the contrary sir.  I didn't say anything about law, or prohibiting anyone
from these things.  I unapologetically state my suggestion to leave it all
alone.  

I know there are those who have success with various things, but I also have
lived long enough to know plenty who do not, plenty who have wrecked lives.
I went to my 30th high school reunion, I noted who had passed on.  We all
knew who was the doper crowd back in the day, and who was not.  I could find
enough representatives of each group to get a statistically significant
result by comparing the groups.  In general, the non-dopers do better.

This is perfectly compatible with libertarianism, which recognizes that
prohibition is a failure.

Living near San Francisco, I also recognize that removing all restrictions
on dope is also a failure.

spike