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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, August 19 2012 @ 11:45 AM EDT |
So do their customers who get the products they want and the police departments
who get increased budgets and powers.
Most of the harm attributed to drugs is a result of their prohibition. (see
articles by <a
href=http://www.dangardner.ca/index.php/articles/item/281-ending-the-war-on-drug
s"> Dan Gardner </a>)
There are many arbitrary rules put in place to protect vested interests, be it
unions, drug or tech manufacturers.
Some rules that are regularly bent:
speed limits
8 items or less at check out
leave 2 car lengths between cars (Almost no one leaves this much space in the
city)
drive on the right ( many hang out in the left lane)
Stop signs ( a lot of people do a rolling stop or yield)
25 lbs limit for lifting without assistance
Overtime rules
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| Authored by: Wol on Sunday, August 19 2012 @ 12:22 PM EDT |
and the obedience of fools ...
That's the big problem with rules. They can enforce idiotic behaviour, as well
as prevent it.
The real problem with the banks, actually, was that the banks were able to
re-write the rulebook to allow them to indulge in risky behaviour.
Cheers,
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, August 19 2012 @ 04:58 PM EDT |
> Where do you draw the line, Sir? Anywhere?
[I'm not the OP]
My rule is simple: how would I feel if it were someone else breaking the rules,
and I were the one on the receiving end?
If it bothers me, then that's a rule I obey. If I'm fine with it, that's
probably not a law I'm going to take too seriously unless Mr. Plod is about.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, August 19 2012 @ 10:07 PM EDT |
One of the TED talks dicusses the economics of street dealers of crack
cocaine.
The dealers on the street earn less than minimum wage. These
people would
earn
more working at McDonald's.
The "street manager" earns
either the same as, or less than a shift manager at
McDonald's.
Walk
the rest of the way up the management chain, and Micky D's offers
better pay,
and better working conditions. What Mickey D's doesn't offer, is
the "glamour"
of the drug trade. The profit from the drug trade is
apparently at the
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