Emma wrote on Sep 29
th, 2012 at 11:40pm:
But as you say Magpie
The black market just loved the idea of having been given the trade....and this is so blatantly obvious, I must wonder ...who's getting the cream???
churches and politicians are a bad mix.I personally don't think that the drug attitude will change much. just my view.Why??
You agree then that all the anti - drug Laws are harmful to the society they (laughingly
) say they seek to protect.?
I personally don't think that the drug attitude will change much. just my viewYou think that our lawmakers are incapable?
Incapable of rationality, due to the influence of the religious?
Well then..isn't that just another reason to disrespect all Law.
Where it's obvious that
this 'Law' is wrong, but that .. something in our Governance cannot tolerate that idea, and that is the status quo, and so it will remain.?? .... regardless of the damage done...
what are the consequences.??
No respect for Law.
And we see it more and more everyday, in Hoons, in Ram Raids, in rioting, in children assaulting their schoolbus drivers.
What is so hard to understand..???
We.... as the adults the voters.. allow this to continue ....and it stinks.!
It deserves NO RESPECT.
And consequently, WE the faceless mass responsible, deserve no respect.
Its a SAD Human World.
hi Emma Peel,
who's getting the cream/benefit from this enviornment? apart from the black market, I can't
really see any material benefit flowing from it.
Like the NRA, pressure groups pull a lot of political weight especially religious groups
ie. Darwinism v. Creationism & how that has impacted on education and how that encourages faith
before rationality. so where you get a faith-based approach to 'a' problem any outcome
would be logically clouded. given the pressure groups tend to create alliances of interests,
(strength in numbers) they will push a 'party line' anti-drugs for example with all the
resources at their disposal, media, parlimentiary process, religious organisations etc. birth control is another
example including the use of condoms. so I think that the blocking power of these
groups to drug reform is so powerful that change is improbable. Their faith-based view is that they are protecting society.
Our law-makers, the politicians in our adversarial system, are interested in two things,
the pursuit of power and the maintenance of power, bring us back to pressure groups.
(Jim Cairns was an exception and I'm sure a few others). They are not incapable, rather, self-interested.
This failure of drug reform does not lead to disrespect all law, which as
you know is necessary for the regulation of societies, and encompasses international, national, state,
tribal and
religious law amongst others. and, 'bad' laws which cause destruction will remain as long as
ignorance does.
the consequences? you tell me, the batteries in my crystal ball are flat.
the examples of rowdy behaviour I believe is more of a reflection on our
social structure and lack of enforcement of laws, which lead to lack of accountability.
law enforcement is only a political issue at election and not a 'full term' issue.
On the respect issue, I would see this as being embodied in the UN declaration of human rights, and say that all people except trolls, deserve respect.
It seems sad if your team loses a match, then it IS sad.i