[Hemingway's Ghost]

As the Admin Moderator stated, neither side's hands are completely clean, and I didn't intend to say that they were. However, as far as I know, flaming the thread was a squelching tactic used by only one side.

I'd love to hear a reasoned, well-intentioned, conservative-based argument in favor of the Drug War. I haven't heard one yet. Come on in and make your case---don't leave it to the Usual Suspects.

[MrLeRoy]

I'd love to hear a reasoned, well-intentioned, conservative-based argument in favor of the Drug War. I haven't heard one yet.

Me neither.

[RabidBartender]

Sorry, I learned my lesson on debating rationally here - for a lot of folks, it's more about sticking it to the other guy and winning technical points than than about the issues at hand. I am too thin-skinned for those types of threads and knowing the past histories of some posters, I automatically read their posts with some disdain - that ain't right. I'll stick to the "Julia Roberts Sucks" and "Screw the UN" fluff pieces, even though the majority of the issues here interest me.

It would be nice if folks were more civil and less hateful on heated threads like those. But I guess we'd sooner see Kevin Curry, tpaine, Cultural Jihad, ThomasJefferson, Dane, and Danconia55 sit down and agree on the sky being blue. (no offense to above named individuals)

And before anyone thinks I'm a touchy-feely whacko - screw the French and German governments! Nuke the whales! Close our borders!