Folks, play nice.
That's one less wreck from the U.K. hmm...
If she were an AH player, something tells me instead of flying the Spit variations, she would have preferred the late war 262 Swallows.Thread win.
I’m not looking to absolve her or anyone else from responsibility, and I also do not blame the drugs for her fate. You are correct, it was her choice, and she made a poor one. But where I’m from, that’s called a mistake, and I’m pretty sure we’ve all made at least one big one. That shouldn’t be grounds to throw a person from the city gates, as we do with drug addicts today.It’s also a kid’s choice to go play in some unknown woods, peek into a well, or swim into a current. Sometimes they can get into a heap of trouble doing so. We might say, “Well, that was their choice, and their fault,” but who but the most monstrous wouldn’t run to help, anyway? Isn’t turning your back on a person struggling with addiction just the same as passively watching a child struggle in the water? They need help, and if they only find cold shoulders, they will die. Their choice or not, what happens next is yours. Further, supporting the current tactics of the War on Drugs is about as absurd an economic position as you can possibly find and from a purely miserly, practical standpoint, this pointless war should be ended as soon as possible. Unless you’re a member of a police union or law school, there is absolutely no way you can come out ahead. Criminalization and jailing are economically disastrous in almost every sense of the word. Not only must you pay more money to jail a person than you ever would to send them to rehab, but you’re also in effect throwing away a decade or more of paid public schooling. The moment they get the felon or convict moniker, their chances of ever contributing to society and repaying the favor plummet. Rather than “merely” throwing good money after bad, we throw bad money after good. The only way it isn’t a personal economic disaster is if you rely on an artificially inflated demand in your line of work, as police officers, judges, and lawyers do. Prohibition is good business for crooks and crook catchers, and no one else. The community can only suffer on the whole. This is a community problem and requires a community solution. If someone wants to get on their high horse, I suppose they’re entitled, but they can do so with the knowledge that they are contributing to the cycle of misery that is the War on Drugs. A person might “choose” to enter the hell of drug use, but our society does not have to gleefully choose to keep them there.
Did you see my dad on dogfights yet?
I'll be seeing you face to face possibly next month.
