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Bajahowodd
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I just don't see it happening in my lifetime. I was a sixtes activist. Civil rights marches and all that. But I really can't say that I see us any
closer to legalization than 45 years ago. And except for some dalliances in college, I don't do the stuff. But who wouldn't rather encounter some
happy, goofy guy with the munchies than a belligerent drunk?
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TonyC
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Namely that we have developed such a huge infrastructure of programs, institutions and people that earn their living from this very industry- the
so-called war on drugs. This fight has become deeply institutionalized and won't easily be dismantled. |
Es la verdad. Namely the Correction Officers Union, just to name one.
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BajaGringo
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It is even much bigger than that. The cities, counties and states all get a cut of the court fees, penalties, and parole costs. Yes, the felons have
to pay for their parole costs now on top of the required "classes" they take too once out. A simple conviction for possession of a small bag of
marijuana can generate several thousand dollars in these costs which all go into the governments coffers.
Add to that the extra money law enforcement gets in federal grants for drug enforcement programs, the cops, prison guards and parole officers labor
unions and then the biggest sharks of all - the attorneys that are always waiting on the court steps to take their cut...
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Phil S
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I'm quiet on this topic for a reason. What's to keep some bored druggie from out of curiousity looking at Baja Nomad, and then deciding that he felt
it was his duty to "take out that person who was so negative against the cartels"????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Phil S
I'm quiet on this topic for a reason. What's to keep some bored druggie from out of curiousity looking at Baja Nomad, and then deciding that he felt
it was his duty to "take out that person who was so negative against the cartels"????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Nothing.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Phil S
I'm quiet on this topic for a reason. What's to keep some bored druggie from out of curiousity looking at Baja Nomad, and then deciding that he felt
it was his duty to "take out that person who was so negative against the cartels"? |
I think that's giving them too much power. Their loyalty is to their habit...not their supplier. Lock and load if it really concerns you that much
but, don't let them run your life.
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TonyC
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Woooosh, with your brutally frank opinion on what's wrong with, and how Mexico should run their country....you have to be top 10 on their list. On
both side that is ....bad guys, and the government. Your a brave dude.
[Edited on 2-8-2009 by TonyC]
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TonyC
Woooosh, with your brutally frank opinion on what's wrong with, and how Mexico should run their country....you have to be top 10 on their list. On
both side that is ....bad guys, and the government. Your a brave dude.
[Edited on 2-8-2009 by TonyC] |
I figure there are a hundred or so TV and newspaper reporters on the top of that list. They don't surf the net much.
Besdies, the local thugs know who I am. My first posts as a newbie on this board were a couple years ago when a narco visited our house (under
pretense of being a friend of my nephew) with wild tales of his people dissolving their enemies in acid and torturing peolpe using the N-zi doctor
methods. I was looking for answers- trying to figure out what was going on below the surface in Rosarito Beach. One nomad at the time responded that
I had a great future on this board- as a fiction writer.
The stuff I post isn't enough to get me in trouble with them. They know me and know I'm not a problem for them. We have an agreement- but you know
how making deals with the devil goes. It was a mexican-standoff. The man has since turned himself in to the USA and is doing prison time- he figured
that was the safest place to be- because everyone is hiding from Mr. Three Letters.
[Edited on 2-8-2009 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
We have an agreement- but you know how making deals with the devil goes. |
You must be talking about marriage...
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
We have an agreement- but you know how making deals with the devil goes. |
You must be talking about marriage... |
 with the "til death do us part" clause underlined.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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BajaGringo
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I always said they ought to "outlaw" that institution...
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