Pubdate: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2003 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.fyicalgary.com/calsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: Alan Randell Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n824/a08.html RIDICULOUS LAWS Are there more steadfast, more helpful friends of the police, the politicians and the media than the Hells Angels? ("Organized crime festers," June 3.) I don't think so. If there were no biker gangs, how would police justify their huge budgets? How would politicians promise to slay the dragon of organized crime and what would newspapers like yourself find to write about? If drugs and prostitution were legal, which they should be if the Charter means anything, the Hells Angels would disappear, but, of course, that will never happen because the police, politicians and the media all have a vested interest in continuing these ridiculous laws. Alan Randell (Most people in our country don't share your view that the laws are ridiculous.) - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake