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