From Glenn Greenwald:
Indeed, when one hears the Drug Czar proclaiming that marijuana growers are "violent criminal terrorists," it should become immediately clear how confident he is that marijuana reform arguments would prevail in a fact-based dialogue. Can you even imagine a drug policy debate in which our opposition was confined to the truth?
You'll know the whole house of cards is gonna fall when the Drug Czar, surrounded and strapped to a polygraph, finally throws his arms in the air and concedes that he just f@#king hates hippies.
The persuasiveness of an argument can often be determined by the willingness of its advocates to confine themselves to the truth when making it.Glenn's talking about telecom amnesty, but, as is often the case, his point has strong relevance to the drug war debate.
Indeed, when one hears the Drug Czar proclaiming that marijuana growers are "violent criminal terrorists," it should become immediately clear how confident he is that marijuana reform arguments would prevail in a fact-based dialogue. Can you even imagine a drug policy debate in which our opposition was confined to the truth?
You'll know the whole house of cards is gonna fall when the Drug Czar, surrounded and strapped to a polygraph, finally throws his arms in the air and concedes that he just f@#king hates hippies.
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