Hi Ryan, as you were just saying about Re: choices in amerikka....
RB> BR> Well, in Colombia the pro-drug folks haven't done badly - maybe you 
RB> BR> wanna  consider going there?
RB> 
RB> First, let's be clear that you agree that the police in this
RB> country as an  organized entity influence law-making. So there will
RB> be no more of this "the  police don't make the laws" crap. 
Excuse me??  The police can only affect the law makers as individuals
by voting and as a group by lobbying.  That is no different than any
other group.
RB> Second,
RB> the "pro-drug folks" you are  referring to are just as much my enemy
RB> as any businessman,  because that's what  are. The drug lords are
RB> capitalist businessman, just like any other, whose  interest is in
RB> profit before anything else.
Do you have a problem with capitalism?
RB> Of course, this is probably why the CIA and the US 
RB> Government has allied itself
RB> 
RB> with drug cartels when it suits them. 
RB> 
RB> BR> A situation brought about by tenants who are not responsible. Are you 
RB> BR> trying  to say that expecting you to make and to keep a contract is 
RB> BR> unjust?  
RB> 
RB> Again, you change the subject because you have nothing to 
RB> say. Contracts is not
RB> 
RB> the issue - the issue is whether there is a bounty of lease-less
RB> apartments.  And the answer is, as I've said from the beginning, NO.
RB> Have you finally  conceded to this?
Why should there be?  Do you understand what landlords go through on a
month to month basis without leases?   You end up with tenants who
don't give a damn about the property since they won't be there long so
they don't take care of it.  When they leave, the landlord has to
refurbish the property in order to make it presentable enough to rent
to the next group.  
Now while he is refurbishing it, he still has to make his payments to
the bank, he has monies going out to the folks who are doing the work
and he has no income from that proeprty to offset those costs.  Now,
after the place is fixed up so that it can be rented to the next set of
tenants, the landlord has the cost of advertising to make sure that
folks are aware that he has a place to rent.
Since rentals are competitive on price, one must ensure that the
property is rented out with as few *unnecessary* expenses as possible. 
You do have normal attrition of appliances such as stoves,
refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc, paint, trim and roofs so why on
earth would you like to have to pay for tenants who really didn't care?
RB> BR> THIS is horseshit of the purest ray serene.  You KNOW it is illegal, 
RB> BR> you  CHOOSE to do it anyhow - now you want it to be someone else's 
RB> BR> fault that you  got yourself arrested?
RB> 
RB> Unlike you, I do not let my CHOICES be affected by a crazed drug
RB> war waged by  politicians and law enforcement. 
Yes, you do. You just don't realize it.
RB> Do you think it is my
RB> fault that weed is  illegal? Do you think it is my fault that the
RB> police create dangerous  situations by criminalizing a harmless
RB> drug? 
It's not mine either, but if I decide to do drugs, I need to be
prepared to face the consequences of that choice.
RB> I'm more than  content to sit in my
RB> house and smoke my weed and not bother anyone. It is law
RB> enforcement that has  pulled all the punches here. 
If you just do it in your own home, you probably will not be bothered
unless you call attention to yourself in some way.
RB> BR> 'unjust' is a null term - hard to quantify. It sounds to me like you 
RB> BR> think  anything you don't LIKE is unjust.
RB> 
RB> You seem to think that if someone says something is unjust, 
RB> it is whining. 
In your case, much of it appears to be.  You don't want to assume the
responsibility of your own decisions.
RB> Do I
RB> think it is unfair for kids to be arrested for smoking a joint
RB> while the  politicians play budget and election games with people's
RB> lives? Yes, I do. 
So do I, but that doesn't change the fact that I have to make my own
decisions and be prepared to face the results of those decisions.
RD 
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