I agree with Melanie Phillips less than half of the time...

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...and what is more, I disagree with her attitude: humourless, naturally unsubtle, and partisan. But when she's right, she's right, and here she is right to the last letter and comma. To see the ugly troop of justifiers in the comments section is enough to make you vomit.

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[joetexx.livejournal.com]

What, if you don't mind my asking, are your thoughts on the subject of drugs
(I assume you maen the illicit recreational variety)?

I ask purely out of curiosity as an old '60's stoner and acidhead; from time to time I like to sound out what bright youngsters think about it.

BTW I just finished you Hesse post and will probably comment on it after I have digested Thomas Mann's introduction.

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Whiskey does as much physical harm as cocaine, and wine as much as weed. The difference is that the sellers don't usually murder each other on the street, and that most of them tend to pay tax.

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http://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2011/03/16/end_the_drug_war,_save_black_america/page/full/