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Originally posted by onetime2
As I've stated before on the Rush subject, I would take the points of the anti-Rush liberals much more seriously if they consistently applied the morals they claim to represent. I apply this standard to all who espouse political/social beliefs, it just so happens that in this case it's coming from the left.
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I'm not "the Left" -repeat ad nauseum.
For your query on the government seizing medical records... Try a google search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ords+-limbaugh
You make too many assumptions about the positions of "the Left" and the anti-Rush people in general. You state that they are "willing to comprise the principles they claim to hold so dear" -yet Lurkette (who started this thread) is supporting his defense
precisely on principle.
Do you even know who your arguing against?
I assert that drug laws in this country have been controlled by right wing interests for years. The left wing has espoused treatment and the right has pushed for harder time and mandatory sentences. Now it seems like a hero for the right is going to be locked away in prison... Am I
supporting this? Yes and no.
If Rush Limbaugh supporters genuinely believe in the values that he disseminates.
Values like
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"There's nothing good about drug use. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused, and they ought to be convicted, and they ought to be sent up."
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http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1594/a01.html?178
-Then perhaps this is a chance for them (his supporters) to reconsider their own priorities. Should drug offenders be given more time than murderers? The laws in this country say yes...