ANSWER: Name this socialist

[Rakesh Bhandari]

>W. Kiernan wrote:
>
>>God forbid any left candidate I like who has any chance of winning
>>should ever come out publicly with a proposal to hand out needles to
>>junkies.
>
>It's reasonable, it's humane, it will save lives - but can't do it!
>God, I love American politics.
>
>Doug

Yes it would seem that the present structure of the political
spectacle--Bourdieu's media bite rivalry--makes it impossible to explain
that free needles would arrest the growth of a lethal virus in and out of
the drug using subpopulation while not encouraging the use of dope.

But Doug there is hope even in this sorry state. We just have to learn how
to play by the rules of the spectacle.

If our argument were rapped by Bullworth himself  with the Grandfather of
Soul's "King Heroin" sampled, perhaps public opinion could be shifted.

yours, rakesh