I would be curious to see how the US's drug laws stack up against those of China, Russia, India, and Iran.
Christopher E. Doss Moscow, Russian Federation
--- On Sun, 5/31/09, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] [WTF] More than 10% of Texans currently wanted by police
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 7:31 PM
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:41 AM,
> <dredmond at efn.org>
> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 31, 2009 7:20 am, double bluff forwarded:
> >
> > [original link]:
> >
> > http://shapleigh.org/news/1357-from-the-senator-s-desk
> >
> > [Cackle]. Yep, I see those "Click it or ticket"
> billboards all around the
> > People's Republic of Austin, which is a blessed safe
> zone from the
> > surrounding madness. Those fines weigh heaviest on the
> working-class and
> > communities of color, of course.
> >
> > Throw in the millions of adults who have downloaded
> the slightest bit of
> > copyrighted content (punishable by a felony conviction
> and $250,000 in
> > fines), miscellaneous other assorted fines,
> misdemeanors and malfeasances,
> > and the Land of the Free has criminalized most of its
> population.
>
> Yes, the US has a far higher percentage of the population
> in jail
> than any other nation:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/americas/23iht-23prison.12253738.html
>
> I thought the drug laws were the main reason, though.
>
> --
> Sandy Harris,
> Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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