Matt Welch | August 12, 2005
A primer on Drug War panic for morons in journalism, by Colby Cosh.
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I've linked his article to a local news forum run by a hobbiest*
that is frequented by some of the local news personalities.
*By hobbiest, I mean news stalker. Meta-paparazi, if you will.
IF A RECREATIONAL DRUG:
...is illegal; you can frighten people because if they use it, YOU
CAN PUT THEIR F***ING ASSES IN JAIL!! The rest of us should be
frightened too because our money will be wasted doing it.
Rick Barton
(using my Friday fun link screen name)
IF A RECREATIONAL DRUG:
...is taxed, you can frighten people by...Oh wait, if the
government is making money from it, they won't want to frighten
people about it.
Who was it who said: "Scratch the surface, and the government is
indistinguishable from an organized criminal class"?
*Also, he probably means "hobbyist", not the "most
hobb".
Ha!
If I ever become a rapper, I will call myself MC Most Hobb
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