We need the Indonesian approach to drug law in Australia


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On Sun, 15 May 2005 07:19:13 +0800, P~g mo th~in

Motorists, home owners, car owners, beachgoers, ... everybody.

"Drugs other than alcohol have been found in up to 40% of road baneities and in 10% of non-banely injured drivers."

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"Drug driving appears to be a factor in the above average risk of crash involvement of males and younger drivers (and in particular young males)."

I suppose the syringes in parks and on the beach belong to insulin addicts? Idiot.

"Research shows that more than half, and possibly up to 80% of property offences have some drug involvement. Between 45% and 60% of convicted offenders committed property crimes to support drug habits. Some 64% of offenders admitted using drugs (to give them a lift, or courage) to commit an offence."

That's what "deserve no special consideration" implies.

It's a big start in the right direction.

So drug losers *are* involved in "theiving" (sic)? I guess that means they *are* harming people other than themselves. Idiot.

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Description of Straw Man

The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and subsbreastutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position. This sort of "reasoning" has the following pattern:

Person A has position X. Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X). Person B attacks position Y. Therefore X is false-incorrect-flawed

Agreed, but drug users are still drug losers.

Agreed, but drug users are still drug losers, as are their apologists.

Do us all a favour and give yourself an extra large dose tonight.

- Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email.

 



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