Pubdate: Fri, 12 Sep 2003
Source: Arizona Daily Wildcat (AZ Edu)
Copyright: 2003 Arizona Daily Wildcat
Contact:  http://wildcat.arizona.edu/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/725
Author: Nick Smith

GREENSPAN LETTER'S ANALOGY REVEALS 'SKEWED PERSPECTIVE'

This letter is in response to Daniel Greenspan's article in the Sept. 10
Wildcat, "Tucson police akin to Gestapo for enforcing anti-drug laws." In said
article, Mr. Greenspan states that, "all police departments, including the
Tucson Police Department, oppress the innocent." Contrary to his skewed
perspective, Tucson is not a police state and the TPD is not Big Brother. The
men and women of the TPD are out there everyday making this city safe and are
not guilty of "oppressing the innocent."

I am deeply sorry that you cannot enjoy your favorite drugs such as marijuana
and cocaine, but you must understand that we live in a society of law and if
you do not agree with the law, you may either a) break the law and take
responsibility for your actions or b) leave the country. You also state that
illegal drugs need to be "recognized as morally permissible." It is not the
government, but the individual that determines what is moral or immoral.

Furthermore, inciting riots and revolutions is not the way to get things done.
Leave it to the anti-intellectual anarchists to use brute force rather than
rational and civil methods to institute change. As an aside, Mr. Greenspan,
exclamation points lose their effectiveness when used after every sentence.

Nick Smith

marketing and journalism junior 

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