 four dead in Alberta 03/06/05
Usually I couldn't give a rat's ass about pot politics. I agree that it should be decriminalized, but other than that I just can't get that worked up over it. This is different.
Last week four young RCMP officers, younger than me, were ambushed by a psychotic child-molester and murdered. The killer also happened to be guarding a pot grow-op, apparently. This became a big issue at the 2005 Biennial Liberal Convention in Ottawa that ended today, with folks on both sides of the legalization/decriminalization issue working themselves up into a lather seeking to stake political claim to the four dead mounties. One of the more contemptible quotes goes like this, from RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli:
"Drugs are illegal and they're extremely dangerous and people have to understand that. And when you have people who are promoting the issue of safe drugs or [that] there are harmless drugs, I think that is something that we better understand is not the right way to go. We don't solve anything in society by legalizing things or by pretending they're not harmful to society."
Spoken like a true politician in today's world. Ambitious, dogmatic, callous, and barely literate. I'm sure there were plenty of equally insulting quotes from folks on the other side, but I couldn't find any.
Dan @ Dstrbo.com
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four dead in Alberta 03/06/05
