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Whitney Houston dies aged 48
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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 940468" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>I would agree the probability of prescib. meds and alcohol played a role but the post above provokes a thought. Had Whitney died as a result of purchasing an illegal substance from a street corner dealer, the cry of public outrage would likely be deafening. With an election year, you'd hear the political moralist proclaiming the need for more gov't and more police action on the streets and the public would need to accept the surrender of liberties in order to obtain a higher degree of state safety that only the sate can provide. And most would blindly accept that as true.</p><p></p><p>However, if the scenario Moreluck painted holds true, will there be the same outcry against those who provided Whitney (big pharma, alcohol industry, regulatory state) the means or will we just bash Whitney as being irresponsible (and she was) and the lone guilty in this scenario? If the state's purpose in existing is to protect the citizens from harm, why does it suppress one form of drug dealing while allowing yeah even subsidizing the other (being just as dangerous if not moreso) when in both cases the outcomes can be exactly the same?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 940468, member: 2189"] I would agree the probability of prescib. meds and alcohol played a role but the post above provokes a thought. Had Whitney died as a result of purchasing an illegal substance from a street corner dealer, the cry of public outrage would likely be deafening. With an election year, you'd hear the political moralist proclaiming the need for more gov't and more police action on the streets and the public would need to accept the surrender of liberties in order to obtain a higher degree of state safety that only the sate can provide. And most would blindly accept that as true. However, if the scenario Moreluck painted holds true, will there be the same outcry against those who provided Whitney (big pharma, alcohol industry, regulatory state) the means or will we just bash Whitney as being irresponsible (and she was) and the lone guilty in this scenario? If the state's purpose in existing is to protect the citizens from harm, why does it suppress one form of drug dealing while allowing yeah even subsidizing the other (being just as dangerous if not moreso) when in both cases the outcomes can be exactly the same? [/QUOTE]
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