XPost: uk.politics.drugs, uk.legal   
   From: tvaerskaegg@aol.com   
      
   On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:07:05 +0100, "Aidy"  wrote:   
      
   >"JohnR"  wrote in message   
   >news:4a5452e7$0$8383$136caf5@unlimited.newshosting.com...   
   >   
   >> Any problems that would otherwise exist are simply made worse by   
   >> prohibition and the cretins who support it.   
      
   >That's your opinion, nothing more, with no basis in fact.  Isn't drug abuse   
   >tolerated in some places like Amsterdam?  Isn't prostitution rife in those   
   >places also?  Ignore that though....I'm sure you're right....after all, look   
   >at America in the 20s as that has more relevance than anything.   
      
   Legal protitution in Amsterdam is part of the same spectrum of   
   tolerance  which allows cannabis coffee shops and is not a function of   
   liberal Dutch drug policies.   
      
   And there's no need to look at 1920's USA to see what prohibition and   
   abolishing it does, just look at present day Portugal where.....but   
   what's the point of explaining. You are Aidy and talking sense with   
   you is a waste of time. It wouldn't penetrate if it was tied to a nail   
   and hammered into your skull.   
      
   Which sounds an attractive proposition, if only a nail hard enough   
   could be found.   
      
   Svenne   
      
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