SCN: Correlation between drug use and terrorism

[patrick fisher]

So driving a car is grounds for treason. Indirectly. But there is a link.

Patrick

--- David Barts <davidb at scn.org> wrote:
> I think the whole thing is one of the more blatant pieces of bullshit
> I've seen in some time.
> 
> What "drugs"?  E produced in a local lab?  Local, organically-grown
> pot?  Beer?  Wine?  A double-tall latte? Cigarettes?
> 
> Sure, heroin and cocaine, while being more socially responsible and
> less addictive choices than cigarettes at home[1], probably _do_ support
> terrorism abroad.  But "drugs" in general: no.
> 
> And forget Afghanistan's main export.  Most of the Sept. 11th
> terrorists didn't come from there.  They came from Saudi Arabia.  And
> we all know what their main export is.
> 
> If anything, it's buying gasoline that supports terrorism!
> 
> [1] More socially responsible?  Most definitely!  How many smack
> addicts do you know who go around with full syringes, jabbing everyone
> in their vicinity as well as themselves, every time they shoot up?
> Cigarette addicts do the equivalent all the time with their second-hand
> smoke.
> 
> -- 
>          David W. Barts (davidb at scn.org) / http://www.scn.org/~davidb
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