DrugBuyers.Com: Dan Rather on OP's on CBS Evening News 4/12/04

Here's what I said (once btw):

And because these drugs aren't WHITE, we declare war on them, even though our government can't resist the drug trade from time to time if it needs to finance something, say an arms trade.

If that is the White copout, then I agree, my argument was weak, but this is a message board and we're keeping it brief. There are many more arguments, and I could actually give you some if that's what you need.
At the same time, dismissing a valid argument without bothering to examine it further, is even more feeble.

It's funny how my one remark was able to change a person's entire opinion of me, built up from many contributions, from a positive one to a negative one. One post. I hope my GOVERNMENT doesn't decide things based upon single events.
But I didn't know that I had such power. Of course even this will be denied in a clumsy way, can't have me thinking I've made a point, can't give into the filthy Liberal. My, I wonder if he looks French.

One thing that most Conservatives [will] never get, that Liberals do, is that words are useful tools, sounds (and nothing more) that cannot possibly hurt a person. In and of themselves, words are never dangerous. Their possible interpretation, yes. I suppose that's one of the reasons the won't let you say 'cunt' on TV. It's a word, harmless, just sits there, doesn't even imply violence or death. But oh my are they ever scared $hitless of this word. I mean, what if they had to explain it to junior? Better keep him dumb till he's 21.
So: to put things into perspective: Cunt NOT OK, GUNS, fine.

Words hurt people, we can ban those, and punish their users, but in the case of violence with a gun DO NOT BLAME GUNS!! After all the gun is inanimate, and only hurts or kills when operated by man. What kind of logic is that?

Conservatives don't accept this idea that words are harmless, and they get worried when words are used (from their vantage point) against them. It's a sort of paranoia. Words have the power to render them helpless, flustered and angry (oh always ANGRY, for anger is the best way to display POWER and our general ability to kick Best if kept off the board).

They see words as threats, as weapons, and therefore allow themselves to be hurt by them. It is for that reason they go right to a military-style defence against words and the people who (are able to) use them: with veritable wars on words, censorship, and penalties, the weatlhy corporate, clean, wholesome, straightedge, inoffensive GE/Disney conglomerates own and run the thought and word police (FCC) and mow down anyone who befouls the public airwaves with somuch as ONE wrong word, half a million bucks a pop. I have a word or two, and one is cleaned up, owing to rampant censorship: freaking nauseating.

I only wish that my airing my grievances in a public way didn't give rise to an instant protest such as the one encapsulated in the 'diggin' ya until' post, but there you have it. Not proof, but certainly an implication that not everyone 'digs' my first amendment rights. How freedom-loving. Long live the USA PATRIOT act! (oh, and for the benefit of the sarcasm impaired, I do not ACTUALLY applaud the patriot act.)

Goodnight, you've actually worn me out a bit - kudos.