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          Cynic  wrote:

> Blaming knives instead of the idiot wielding it is a bit like blaming
> drugs instead of the idiot taking them.

So let me get this straight: are you advocating that we allow free access to
drugs, but lock up everyone who actually takes them?

An interesting approach.

Ken Down

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          Cynic  wrote:

> What business is it of yours that other people are overweight?

None - if I didn't have to pay for the NHS.
 
> I have not agreed at all that drug taking is inevitably harmful.  Like
> rock-climbing, careless or reckless indulgence is likely to cause
> harm.  I have stated that on balance it would probably have been
> better had many recreational drugs never existed (along with nuclear
> weapons), but the genie cannot be put back in the bottle.

All drug taking is inevitably harmful (unless we are talking about doses too
small to have any effect), it's just that the harm is usually slight enough
to pass unnoticed. 

Ken Down

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