Re: a little something worth noting . . .

On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 11:05:29PM -0500, Andreas Pour wrote:
> Another one:
> 
>   A top White House drug policy official is
>   threatening retaliation from the U.S. if
>   Canada relaxes its laws against marijuana
>   possession.  David Murray, right-hand man to
>   U.S. "drug czar" John Walters, says he doesn't
>   want to tread on another country's sovereignty,
>   but warned there would be consequences if
>   Canada proceeds with a plan to decriminalize
>   the possession of marijuana.
> 
> http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/05/02/us_pot_rxn030502
> 
> Right, he does not want to tread on sovereignty (see Afghanistan; see Iraq),
> YET, b/c some other countries are higher on the list (see North Korea; see Cuba;
> see Syria; see Iran) but, damnit, if they don't do what the rogue Bush
> Administration says, they'll still be "punished".

"Murray didn't spell out what the American response would be, but he invoked
images of tie-ups at border crossings and intense bureaucracy."

WHAT? Stricter border controls?! ARE THEY OUT OF THEIR MIND?

That's almost like.. like.. the French! (see: French war on Dutch drugs)

Or possibly the Dutch war on cocaine smugglers coming in from the Antilles.
But you're right as usual, it's the end of civilization.

Rob
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