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To: 10thAmendmentGuy
Since different degrees of imprisonment seem manifestly unjust to somebody out there maybe we should have only one punishment ~ you go in but you don't come out.

Simple. Neat. No distinction between crimes at all. Get a DUI. You go in. Blow dope. You go in. Accidentally shoot your wife between the eyes. You go in.

Nobody comes out. No more parole crime. No more ex-con employment problems.

Kind of that straight forward sort of thinking you get from so many dopers ~ no bric a brac ~ no shades of gray ~ just "I am on" or "I am off".

52 posted on 08/23/2011 4:30:21 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
Sounds like you're the one who likes the idea. You want to lock the dopers up for the same amount of time as the murderers and rapists, is that it? No proportionality between the crime and the sentence, hmm? You sell someone an ounce of pot, you get the same sentence as a murderer. Now you wanna talk about a horrible system, that would be it. Talk about breeding disrespect for the rule of law, jeez. If you're a crack dealer who knows that you'll get the same sentence as a murderer if convicted, might you consider shooting the undercover cop that busts you? Probably. Most crack dealers are not nice people. They exist because of your War on Drugs. They're your buddies. You're on the same side as them, congratulations! Just like the bootleggers that financed the crusades against alcohol in the 20s.

They've done polls of drug dealers before, muawiyah. Drug dealers support keeping drugs illegal -- why do you think that is muawiyah? Back to basic economics for you. :)

56 posted on 08/23/2011 4:36:34 PM PDT by 10thAmendmentGuy ("[Drug] crusaders cannot accept the fact that they are not God." -Thomas Sowell)
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