Re: a couple of questions

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:58:55 GMT, brian bennett
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


>> >
>> >visit truth: the Anti-drugwar at http://www.briancbennett.com
>> >
>> >Ask these former drug warriors why drugwar doesn't work:
>> >http://www.leap.cc
>> 
>> If you believe that it can't be done, and do
>> nothing you are destined to be right.  There is no
>
>not that it *can't* be done: just that politicians aren't going to do it.
>
>> other candidate that is discussing the
>> decriminaliztion of marijuana.  If you write him
>> off without even looking at what he stands for,
>> you will get exactly what you deserve.  I thought
>
>i am already quite familiar with mr kucinich's positions.  let me know more
>about him after the democratic primaries are over.  right now it isn't my
>opinion of him that matters -- it is the opinions of democratic party voters
>that will let us know if mr kucinich has a chance of helping us.

I intend to vote for him in the primary
here.....even if I have to regester as a Democrat.
If you are a Democrat YOU get to pick.  I have
been a Libertarian since the early  '90s, but I
can easily change partys without changing my
beliefs.  Then I can pick too.

 I believe that this is the most important
election that we will see in our lifetime.  Dennis
Kucinich is the candidate that I have been looking
for since the Sixties.  Since you are familiar
with Kucinich's stands, you know that he embraces
the principles upon which this country was
founded.  You would know that he opposed the "big
corporations" when he refused to privatize
Cleveland's Municipal power company.


>
>when politicians make bad laws how do those laws get changed?  by the people
>rising up and demanding it to be so.

Courts change the vast majority of bad laws,
uprisings by the people are few and far between.
Certainly, fewer people will "rise up" for
marijuana law reform because of the government
sanctions that "coming out" could entail.  People
will come out when it is safe to do so.



>
>i honestly believe that politicians will never change the drug laws on their
>own. reason, compassion, and justice don't enter the picture from a politican's
>stand point.  only the *people* themselves can make the changes we need.  people
>*force* politicians to change their tune.  for politicians to feel "safe"

The president could end the drug war at the stroke
of a pen, just like it started.  If we elect
someone that doesn't think we need a policy change
we won't get one.  Rep. Kucinich thinks we need a
change of policy on a host of subjects, one of
which is drug law reform.  Here's a guy that is
running for President of the United States who
thinks that marijuana should be decriminalized,
and has said so in public debate, and has posted
it on his website.  Why aren't we supporting him?
How many other candidates have said that?  


>addressing the issue of drug law reform will first require a groundswell of
>support from the populace at large.
>
>that was the story for minority groups, that's the story for gays, and that's
>the story for us.
>
>a quick review of jimmy carter's take on drug law reform ought to be enough to
>let you know that politicians are not the answer -- we are.

We came very close to marijuana law reform when
Carter was the president.  Had not one of his
aides been seen snorting coke it might be legal
today.



>
>b
>-- 
>citizen, patriot, stoner
>
>Marijuana: it's nowhere near as scary as they want you to think.
>
>visit truth: the Anti-drugwar at http://www.briancbennett.com 
>
>Ask these former drug warriors why drugwar doesn't work: 
>http://www.leap.cc


Roy