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Originally Posted by KSig RC
Well, this is a terribly short-sighted way to look at the topic . . . since there is a strong chance that the decrease in jail population will be offset by repeat offenders, attendant criminal acts, no commensurate decrease in "War on Drugs"-style low-efficiency enforcement policies, etc.
If the goal is to reduce institutional racism by changing the sentencing guidelines, I'm fine w/ it. However, the guarantee of cost savings rings hollow, especially since crack is not commonly a 'recreational' drug, and the bill apparently does nothing to address the underlying problems that lead to use/abuse of cocaine/crack, meaning that enforcement will drop with absolutely nothing else to address use. That's not a recipe for success, is it?
You kind of started the whole thing here . . . you told the dude to go fuck himself before any of his insults toward you. Just pointing out.
Also, why should he go fuck himself for taking a strong anti-drug stand? He has the causation/correlation loop backwards and made some value judgments I wouldn't agree with, but you kind of jumped on his shit there for a relatively mild reaction.
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Saying that drug users have no worth as human beings is reason to be told to go fuck themselves. Especially when followed up with talking about how he'll be drunk later. Somehow, I still find that different than making personal comments about someone... and "my kind."
Also the CBO is the one with the financial information. They're generally considered to be non-partisan, argue with them about it.
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