Tuesday, January 27, 2009

I have an idea...why don't we start more wars on abstract nouns?

I missed it initially, but there's a pretty compelling article against the drug war here. I'm leaning more and more toward the "legalize it" approach. I'm personally a teetotaler, and that extends to drugs, but I'm frankly tired of the government trying to protect the virtue of its citizens. That's not what government is supposed to do. It's supposed to provide essential services, promote the rule of law and keep us safe. It's clear that the drug war is not keeping us safe and that it's undermining the rule of law. Therefore, I oppose it.
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The Man, The Myth, The Bio

East Bay, California, United States
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.