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oppose 0% · Leads to corruptionmoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by wikipedia on 2005-05-02 00:50:19 -
oppose 0% · Re: Leads to corruptionmoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by wikipedia on 2005-05-02 00:50:47This is because the War on Drugs is working. These people have committed crimes and harmed our polity with their actions, and thus belong in jail. -
oppose 0% · Re: Leads to corruptionmoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by wikipedia on 2005-05-02 00:53:12Any definition of a policy "working" which involves rendering such a large proportion of our citizenry into prisoners and ex-convicts (many of whom lose the right to vote) is incompatible with democracy. Further, this kind of effectiveness leaves open the question of whether drug policy was designed to eliminate particular groups of people from the voting rolls as some kind of cynical political maneuver.
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title: 'Re: Leads to corruption'
text: 'Any definition of a policy "working" which involves rendering such a large proportion of our citizenry into prisoners and ex-convicts (many of whom lose the right to vote) is incompatible with democracy. Further, this kind of effectiveness leaves open the question of whether drug policy was designed to eliminate particular groups of people from the voting rolls as some kind of cynical political maneuver.'
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