News (Media Awareness Project) - Canada: Prohibit Prohibition |
Title: | Canada: Prohibit Prohibition |
Published On: | 1998-08-01 |
Source: | Winnipeg Free Press (Canada) |
Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 04:28:29 |
PROHIBIT PROHIBITION
The privacy commissioner, Bruce Phillips warns us we are moving closer to a
police state. He is too late. In an effort to protect us from the evil
scourge of (some) drugs, politicians have already sacrificed hard fought for
rights on the Prohibition alter.
Warrantless searches, confiscation of property, and interception of private
telephone calls are now commonplace. All police state tactics that have not
deterred one single sale. Now encryption software sales will be sacrificed
as drug warriors reach ever deeper to justify their own existence. Do we
really need this expensive intrusion into our private lives? Do away with
prohibition and embrace freedom.
Checked-by: "Rolf Ernst"
The privacy commissioner, Bruce Phillips warns us we are moving closer to a
police state. He is too late. In an effort to protect us from the evil
scourge of (some) drugs, politicians have already sacrificed hard fought for
rights on the Prohibition alter.
Warrantless searches, confiscation of property, and interception of private
telephone calls are now commonplace. All police state tactics that have not
deterred one single sale. Now encryption software sales will be sacrificed
as drug warriors reach ever deeper to justify their own existence. Do we
really need this expensive intrusion into our private lives? Do away with
prohibition and embrace freedom.
Checked-by: "Rolf Ernst"
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