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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: sundry delayed responses
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 18:04:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 18 18:04:27 1984
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>a test that is just too risky to take.  There are better ways to fight
>handgun deaths.  The first of which is LEGALIZATION OF ALL VICTIMLESS CRIMES.
>This will allow two things of great import to happen.  The police can go
>back to protecting the people from handgun killers, etc. and realize quite
>a bit more respect then they currently get.  The price of many currently
>illegal substances will plummet, taking the money maker out of organized
>crimes and removing the incentive a junky has to steal 3 T.V.'s a day for
>his habit.  In addition to all the reform that will be necessary to remove
>the victimless crime legislation, there should be a little work done on
>the judicial process.  People curious about some of my views on that will
>have no problem prompting me into a little ranting and raving here and there.
>
>        --Cliff [Matthews]

This bit about getting rid of victimless crimes is so true and obvious
that it is no surprise people in power can't see it.  But the connection
with handgun deaths is weird.  In fact it was a weird feeling altogether,
to come across this gem of great worth at the end of a couple of hundred
lines of stuff with which I totally disagreed.
-- 

Martin Taylor
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