Good to know. Doesn't surprise me but I was not aware of a dramatically disparate approach to prohibition based on race/ethnicity.
Cheers, Judah On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:23 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You'd be wrong. > > Irish, Italian, Hispanic and Black offenders were heavily prosecuted while > tied in wasps drank openly without prosecution. > On Jan 16, 2013 2:54 PM, "Judah McAuley" <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > > > > Yes, but the modern war on drugs also has a strong selective prosecution > > element to it that, I believe, alcohol prohibition did not (though I > could > > be totally wrong about that). As an example, just look at the sentencing > > guidelines for "crack" cocaine possession versus powdered cocaine > > possession. Fundamentally the same drug, different usage patterns in > > different communities with crack being a "black" drug and cocaine being a > > "white" drug, substantially different approaches to prosecution and > > sentencing. > > > > This sort of selective prosecutorial zeal is what Schwartz's family is > > talking about. Taking certain types of crime (in this case "hackers") and > > trying to make examples of them, hounding them, pushing the law as far as > > they can while largely ignoring large swaths of other malfeasance. > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Next thing you know, white people might wake up to the war on drugs. > > > > Unlikely, but hey, you never know. > > > > > > > > > The war on drugs and the resulting violence and organized crime are an > > > uber-analogy to what happened under Alcohol Prohibition. It's just > taking > > > longer to undo. > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
