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RainDog

(28,784 posts)
10. you know, you're right
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 01:09 PM
Jun 2013

silly me.

OF COURSE the drug war treaties that the U.S. FORCED all nations to be signatory to is not coercive. Unless, of course, you listen to what others in nations around the world have to say about it. Lula has been extremely forthright about the drug war's attack on indigenous people, for instance.

and, of course, once you are caught up in the authoritarian dragnet of the war on drugs, it's all about obeying authority as it exists.

I don't know the whats and wherefores of the camera.

I do know that putting someone in a cell for 23 hours a day would, in the minds of MOST PEOPLE WHO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, be considered another example of the abuse of power in a system that is already abusing power via the war on drugs.

But to you, apparently, it's a-okay because...

authority.

yeah, that's what your argument comes down to. respect my authority.

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #1
There's a big piece missing in this commentary. Is the warden stupid? Dead? In a coma? MADem Jun 2013 #2
He should not be in jail at all RainDog Jun 2013 #3
Well. Sure. Most normal people are in favor of legalization. MADem Jun 2013 #4
Yes. His govt. turned him over under pressure from the U.S. RainDog Jun 2013 #5
Not pressure. A treaty, plain and simple. You give as good as you get. MADem Jun 2013 #6
"He's not being screwed with because he sold pot seeds." Kali Jun 2013 #9
Exactly. n/t RainDog Jun 2013 #11
Please--he's eighty percent of the way through his sentence. MADem Jun 2013 #13
holy shit, I can't believe I am reading this from a long time DUer. Kali Jun 2013 #14
His country extradited him, and no one "forced" them to do it. MADem Jun 2013 #16
you know, you're right RainDog Jun 2013 #10
The guy has the power to change his own fate. He, or his bandmates, can rat out the MADem Jun 2013 #12
jesus christ RainDog Jun 2013 #15
What's unbelievable is your unwillingness to understand this has nothing to do with his "crime." MADem Jun 2013 #17
actually, I have stated, repeatedly, that I understand RainDog Jun 2013 #18
This isn't about "the system that is in place"--it's all about prison management. MADem Jun 2013 #19
There is a very good reason why I have a certain DUer blocked from my juries. I'll let you figure kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #26
Yay. Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #7
This is funny because I can buy MJ seeds right now completely legally. Twofish Jun 2013 #8
It's still a Federal crime (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #21
No, not with seeds. There's n o federal law against buying MJ seeds. Twofish Jun 2013 #22
Try again. He's in Federal prison (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #23
Not for selling or buying seeds. Twofish Jun 2013 #24
Yes, there is. 21 USC 802.16 Recursion Jun 2013 #25
FAIL. But it's laughably easy to buy them anyway. As it should be. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Recursion Jun 2013 #20
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