Pubdate: Mon, 29 Dec 2003
Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times (OR)
Copyright: 2003, Lee Enterprises
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2976

NOT AGAINST DRUG WAR? YOU'RE FOR IT

Your elected leaders and news editors need your help with following 
challenge: Give one good reason for continuation of the so-called "War on 
Drugs" without lying.

Be reminded that prohibition has nothing to do with especially dangerous 
drugs that are worse than legal alternatives or prevention of drug abuse or 
dependency problems. Anyone who states otherwise is lying. Editors have 
severe problems with my other contentions:

Leaders/editors who refuse to denounce prohibition are drug war advocates.

Reprinting articles that suggest the top three lies are true is dishonest.

All drug war advocates are by definition pathological liars, due to their 
inability to respond to my challenges.

Can any readers answer the challenge? Are all my other contentions fair? 
Can you base a "difference of opinion" on lies? How would you hold 
leaders/editors accountable to the truth?

J. T. Barrie

Philomath
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