[comp.org.eff.talk] War on Drugs|Computer Underground

johnsonr@spot.Colorado.EDU (Richard Johnson) (11/19/90)

jhenders@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders) writes:
>	Of course, [Noriega has] been branded as a "drug lord", so I guess
> it's all right.  Does no one else see the McCarthy tactics being used in
> the current war on drugs?

There is no war on drugs, just like there is no real war against "computer
hackers."  Instead, there are just a bunch of innocent people being
victimized by the law enforcement authorities who are supposed to be
protecting them.  Why does our political system go pathological like this?

>	John Henders
>	Vancouver,B.C.

Richard Johnson
johnsonr@spot.colorado.edu