ANSWER: Name this socialist

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Mon Aug 16 03:03:22 PDT 1999


On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Doug Henwood 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.

It's a key part of our puritan heritage: issues like drugs and prostitution and abortion are all issues of sin rather than public health.

Michael

__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com



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