Personally I don't think selling crack or heroin to kids in high school (or even to adults) is a victimless crime. Even if you don't care about the individual victim addicts, the real victim is the society in which they live.
On Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 7:58:32 AM UTC-4, MJ wrote: > > > Thursday, July 14, 2016 > > *The Divisiveness Between Our Police and Our Citizens *bionic misquito > > “There are no words to describe the atrocity that occurred to our city. > All I know is that this must stop, this divisiveness between our police and > our citizens.” > -- Dallas > <http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/08/485220431/were-hurting-dallas-police-chief-david-brown-says> > Police > Chief David Brown > <http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/08/485220431/were-hurting-dallas-police-chief-david-brown-says>, > > in the wake of the recent shooting of five police officers and several > others > > Mr. Brown, most (but not all) of the causes behind the divisiveness are > due to decisions made by individuals well above your pay grade. > > I offer a few simple actions that can be taken immediately in both > Washington DC and in every state capital around the country – these actions > will have immediate beneficial effect toward ending the “divisiveness > between our police and our citizens.” > > 1) Eliminate all laws regarding victimless crimes – including, and > especially, drug laws > 2) Eliminate minimum wage laws > 3) End civil asset forfeiture > > As soon as these are ended, several benefits will be immediately realized: > the number of negative interactions between police and citizens will be > overwhelmingly reduced; more fathers will be free of prison, available to > tend to their families; low-skilled and unskilled individuals can work > legally; police will have far less incentive to stop and search the > citizens. > > I could write more – end the subsidies for fatherless families and end > public education, for example. However these are much more complex. The > above items can be ended tomorrow without concern. > > Of course, that we live in a society where it is legal for government > employees to commit crimes > <https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/07/jack-perry/spare-maudlin-theatrics-please/> > > contributes to this divisiveness. It is also true that residents of > high-crime neighborhoods can and should take matters into their own hands > <https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/07/walter-e-williams/challenge-black-people/> > . > > But if we don’t want to continue on this certain slide toward ever-more > divisiveness, enacting the above-listed items will go a long way. Police > and citizens are fighting an uphill and losing battle as long as measures > such as the above remain in place. > > Tonight (July 14) Obama will hold a town hall > <http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/17026488/president-obama-hold-race-relations-town-hall-espn-abc-thursday> > > on the topic of race relations, justice, policing and equality. Let’s see > if he is truly interested in improving race relations, justice, policing > and equality or if he is interested in doubling-down on the status quo. > > Sadly, I know the answer already. > > > > http://bionicmosquito.blogspot.rs/2016/07/the-divisiveness-between-our-police-and.html > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
