Comments on: This is Your War on Drugs https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/this-is-your-war-on-drugs-2/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Kent https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/this-is-your-war-on-drugs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1438 Kent Mon, 10 May 2010 03:38:16 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=5889#comment-1438 My initial response to this video was “Wow. This video will instantly make a Libertarian out of anyone who watches it.” I can’t conceive of many things that would justify such a raid; perhaps if the guy was thought to be a terrorist building a bomb. Possessing weed with intent to sell does not qualify in my mind.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/this-is-your-war-on-drugs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1371 Isegoria Sat, 08 May 2010 16:35:34 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=5889#comment-1371 I do agree with one argument from the folks defending the police: it is far too easy to play Monday-morning quarterback after a raid or violent encounter. Split-second decisions made with limited information tend to look bad later.

]]> By: Buckethead https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/this-is-your-war-on-drugs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 Buckethead Fri, 07 May 2010 20:43:20 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=5889#comment-1319 An occasional drinking buddy of mine writes at Blackfive.net — Uncle Jimbo. He posted on that video, and got some angry mail.

Radly Balko talks about this sort of thing all the time, and has noted that the police blogs and police commenters on news stories related to this have what seems to me absolutely crazy attitudes.

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