@exoticdoc2Hey, gov’ts. get tax revenues from addicting drugs such as ethanol and tobacco. Give the people what they want. Nobody stops big business from manipulating the public from buying what they don’t need. And speaking of encouraging, look at all those old movies where actors seemed to be constantly lighting up and boozing it up. Again, big business at work.
I think exoticdoc2 is under the misconception that prohibition works. Forgot that part in the history books where prohibition breeds crime. Really big, dangerous, shoot ’em up crime. Alcohol prohibition ended because states were tired of people shooting at each other, killing innocents, and killing people with their bathtub gin.
Yeah, but it’s wrong. Legalize drugs, you’ll take away their money and power. Do you honestly think they’re just going to say “oh well, it was nice while it lasted!”?? Don’t be stupid.There was a club fire bombing in mexico, namely just plain extortion because the club wasn’t paying their “tribute”. Had nothing to do with drugs, but everything to do with money and power, which they were not getting at the time because of the liberalization of the drug laws there at the time.If it’s not about “drugs”, it’ll be about ball point pens, it’ll be about labor, it’ll be about kidnapping, it WILL be about something else.
So don’t go living in your fantasy world that legalizing drugs will simple make these people go away. That’s simply childish thinking.
Sorry, wrong.Most gun laws AND drug laws, were enacted by racists. There were afraid that black guys were going to get hopped up on drugs and cause problems that I won’t mention on the funny papers, but hide your wife and daughter. They were also afraid that after being freed from slavery, they were going to get their hands on guns and start causing problems.Hurst, the “newspaper” magnate, was the main “pusher” behind the anti-drug laws. The propaganda he made at the time was just insane, today, many people laugh at it.The main push for the pot laws, were jazz musicians that got all buzzed up before playing somewhere.Sorry, but all this eventually comes down to race, and long before it was about “drugs” and “guns”.Almost all “concealed carry” laws, were about racism and keeping guns out of the hands of black people.And I don’t see how you even get “gun lovers” and “drug war” together. They have nothing to do with each other, other than both participate simply by existing in the same country.I could just as well say “most school employees support pot legalization”. Because most “school” employees are liberals, so they support legalizing pot. But they have nothing to do with the drug war, two totally different groups, but I can relate them by extension. Silly argument.Perhaps most “gun lovers” as you call them, have enough common sense to see that legalizing drugs, won’t fix your problems.
Sisyphos over 10 years ago
It’s always interesting to take a meeting with a lobbyist who’s carrying an AK-47, and to receive the endorsement of his cartel citizens group.
willkepley over 10 years ago
This is a classic.
(Y’all know this is not current and this strip ended its run quite a while ago?)
2578275 over 10 years ago
@exoticdoc2Hey, gov’ts. get tax revenues from addicting drugs such as ethanol and tobacco. Give the people what they want. Nobody stops big business from manipulating the public from buying what they don’t need. And speaking of encouraging, look at all those old movies where actors seemed to be constantly lighting up and boozing it up. Again, big business at work.
mourdac Premium Member over 10 years ago
You know it’s bad when a politician feels dirty.
Melekalikimaka over 10 years ago
I think exoticdoc2 is under the misconception that prohibition works. Forgot that part in the history books where prohibition breeds crime. Really big, dangerous, shoot ’em up crime. Alcohol prohibition ended because states were tired of people shooting at each other, killing innocents, and killing people with their bathtub gin.
guy42 over 10 years ago
Without Prohibition where would Joe Kennedy have been? The American royal family would not exist.
sarah413 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Topical then. Topical now. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
David Rickard Premium Member over 10 years ago
There’s not enough soap in the world for that grime, Opus
GeorgeJohnson over 10 years ago
Yeah, but it’s wrong. Legalize drugs, you’ll take away their money and power. Do you honestly think they’re just going to say “oh well, it was nice while it lasted!”?? Don’t be stupid.There was a club fire bombing in mexico, namely just plain extortion because the club wasn’t paying their “tribute”. Had nothing to do with drugs, but everything to do with money and power, which they were not getting at the time because of the liberalization of the drug laws there at the time.If it’s not about “drugs”, it’ll be about ball point pens, it’ll be about labor, it’ll be about kidnapping, it WILL be about something else.
So don’t go living in your fantasy world that legalizing drugs will simple make these people go away. That’s simply childish thinking.
GeorgeJohnson over 10 years ago
Sorry, wrong.Most gun laws AND drug laws, were enacted by racists. There were afraid that black guys were going to get hopped up on drugs and cause problems that I won’t mention on the funny papers, but hide your wife and daughter. They were also afraid that after being freed from slavery, they were going to get their hands on guns and start causing problems.Hurst, the “newspaper” magnate, was the main “pusher” behind the anti-drug laws. The propaganda he made at the time was just insane, today, many people laugh at it.The main push for the pot laws, were jazz musicians that got all buzzed up before playing somewhere.Sorry, but all this eventually comes down to race, and long before it was about “drugs” and “guns”.Almost all “concealed carry” laws, were about racism and keeping guns out of the hands of black people.And I don’t see how you even get “gun lovers” and “drug war” together. They have nothing to do with each other, other than both participate simply by existing in the same country.I could just as well say “most school employees support pot legalization”. Because most “school” employees are liberals, so they support legalizing pot. But they have nothing to do with the drug war, two totally different groups, but I can relate them by extension. Silly argument.Perhaps most “gun lovers” as you call them, have enough common sense to see that legalizing drugs, won’t fix your problems.