I was sitting in a Burger King this morning when it hit me that a great many activists in the Libertarian Party and true believers in narcotics prohibition think basically the same way.
They realize that they won't actually achieve their ostensible goals by the means they promote, because they know they don't command the obeisance necessary for that to occur. However, they feel compelled to follow such a hopeless course because to do otherwise would not be moral, "right", etc. A harm reduction policy -- one which acknowledges the inevitability of failure of their absolutist methods, but which aims to mitigate the damage inflicted by society's not obeying their will -- would be seen as immoral in itself, because taking the right side is more important than achieving amelioration. After all, they are not to blame for society's inevitable disobedience of their strictures, and it is better to be blameless in that way than to compromise. Truly I So Briney, Robert _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
