kfl@AI.AI.MIT.EDU (01/05/87)
[ Another left-field analogy. Isn't this a rather small band-aid
for a somewhat larger (and different) wound?
Not when you look at it as part of a program to legalize all
victimless "crimes".
If there is a market for it, black-market needles should be
just as available as black-market drugs. The very same forces you
claim are making drugs so available (massive market) should be
making illegal needles readily available. ...
Right. But of unknown quality and at a high price. This is what
happens when something is made illegal. It is just like the misguided
alcohol prohibition of the 1920s.
In any event, I am suspicious of any 'facts' containing the
phrases 'it is likely' and 'would tend to'. -CWM]
Even when the events in question can be read about in any daily
paper?
Please explain why you think a person should not be allowed to put
whatever he chooses into his own body. Why should government have a
claim on your body?
...Keith
[ I find you position a trifle inconsistant. If a person can put
anything they want into their bodies, shouldn't that person be
responsible for the consequenses? Doesn't that include diseases? Or
does your libertarian government decide that it does things 'for the
people's own good' too? In any event, the libertarian government of
NYC has decided to go along with you, and is providing free needles.
-CWM]
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