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Ben Howard <bhoward@bga.com> wrote:

> Jarvis Bartley (msave@eden.com) wrote:
> : I think a little gang warfare would do you hippies some good. Imagine
> : if a car load of Chronicle writers were forced out of their car by gun
> : point on 12th street and then shot in the back of the head.  Maybe then
> : Austin would realise how much the world doesn't care about the pithy
> : "music scene".  I can't wait for Austin to get some crime. It's about
> : time.
> 
>       maybe a little education would do the gangsters some good.  Imagine
> of a car load of gun-totin' crack dealers were forced into a library and
> shown the history of gangsters and gang warfare.  Maybe then they would all
> realize that the world doesn't care about pithy territorial disputes and
> who's "harder" than who.  I can't wait for violent criminals to get some
> intelligence.  It's way overdue.

Then we'd better look at the effect of the "war on drugs" and how it
creates and maintains black markets within which people are able to make
money as long as they can maintain their territory which they do by
violence. To assume that those violent criminals lack intelligence is a
serious mistake.

They aren't the only ones who might learn something via an extended
perusal of history. Or did alcohol prohibition work just peachy?
-- 
           hank alrich  -  secret mountain
 audio recording * music production * sound reinforcement
          plumas county, northern california
"if laughter is the best medicine let's take a double dose"