Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan] [Drop-the-Rock] Tabling Opportunity on Sat. June 14th Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 14:38:04 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong I got to the "Speak Out on the Rockefeller Drug Law" event last friday and have uploaded my notes to http://cosy.com/current.htm#20030523 although totally unedited - so they are kinda streama consciousness . Some of the horror stories are truly outrageous . I took the mike for a couple of minutes to say I was perhaps the most radical person in the room because , being Libertarian , I assert the State has no right to say what plants people grow or what they do with them . It's behaviors that count - no excuses . There is a market for Liberty there . It was good to reestablish my acquaintance with some of the organizers and look forward to getting some of them to a chapter meeting - maybe next month . On Fri, 30 May 2003 13:44:36 -0400, Bonnie wrote: >=A0On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 01:45:49PM -0400, Sam Sloan wrote: >=A0>=A0I would like somebody to address one point: >=A0> >=A0>=A0If the Rockefeller Drug Laws are abolished, does this not= mean simply that >=A0>=A0the penalities will not be so stuff? > >=A0It means that judicial discretion over sentencing will be >=A0restored. > >=A0>=A0The drugs will still be illegal. > >=A0That is why this is only a first step for libertarians. > >=A0The DTR coalition is even unwilling to publicly embrace >=A0Gottfried's MedMJ bill. However, they have built a very wide >=A0multicultural coalition around one egregious aspect of the >=A0Drug War, and libertarians would do well to help them with= that, >=A0and learn to emulate their organizing ability through close >=A0observation. > >=A0Bonnie --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 NEW : Newsletter : http://cosy.com/K/CoSy/NL200305.htm Ultimate Computing Environment : =A0http://cosy.com/K/CoSy.htm=A0 A WTC vision : http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/05/30 2:25:45 PM