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War on Drugs - Ban the Christians!


War on Drugs

Ban the Christians!

"'Archbishop' Peter Dunne - 'the saviour of our young people' - accuses the

Greens of being irresponsible for not playing ball over the

re-classification of methamphetamine," notes Libertarianz Spokesman Russell

Watkins, "but is seemingly oblivious to the fact that the War on Drugs is

itself one reason for the increase in drug use."

"What's totally irresponsible," says Watkins, "is people like Dunne

advocating laws that make these drugs so financially attractive to drug

dealers. Every time new measures against drugs are announced, drug suppliers

celebrate," explained Watkins, "because the new measures simply act to raise

the price of the drugs, and hence their attractiveness to suppliers."

In conclusion, Watkins notes that Dunne trots out the hoary old line that '

...this drug has quite literally fuelled murderous rampages, suicides and

the destruction of young lives,' etc. "This may or may not be true," says

Watkins, "but it is certainly true however that various Christian nutters

have committed exactly these crimes under the illusion that 'God told me to

do it.' I look forward now to hearing Dunne call for a ban on the Christian

faith," says Watkins, "surely the most dangerous reality-detachment drug of

all."


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