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24-12-2013, 09:17 AM | #1 | |||
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Now even if you do not like the way Hitchens speaks he is Right. Which side are you taking? Last edited by arista; 24-12-2013 at 09:18 AM. |
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24-12-2013, 09:26 AM | #2 | |||
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I watched the interview at the time and did not expect any different from him. He is rather an ignorant man. |
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24-12-2013, 09:56 AM | #3 | |||
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Can I get a witness?
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Is that Chandler
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24-12-2013, 10:11 AM | #4 | |||
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24-12-2013, 12:35 PM | #5 | ||
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I haven't watched the video so I don't know what they have to say, but I'm on Chandler's side.
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26-12-2013, 12:56 AM | #6 | ||
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both sides have some valid points but thie debate got a little childish especially from chandler.
id also add chandlers point that after 1 drink he is powerless to stop because of a drinking allergy is total bulloney get drug pushers and drug takers off the streets....first time drug users maybe warnings and some rehabilitation...beyond that get rehabilitation in the prisons.... first rule is protect the public......drug users often end up selling to try and afford their own fix....especially as most buy baking powder for a fortune |
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26-12-2013, 06:53 AM | #7 | |||
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Yes he was child like |
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26-12-2013, 06:58 AM | #8 | |||
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I think they were both wrong. But Hitchins? Makes you wonder what kind of parents they had.
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26-12-2013, 07:00 AM | #9 | |||
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The Hitchin brothers are so incredibly arrogant. Peter is the duller of the two, obviously.
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26-12-2013, 07:15 AM | #10 | |||
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26-12-2013, 08:34 AM | #11 | ||
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28-12-2013, 03:43 AM | #12 | ||
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29-12-2013, 11:31 AM | #13 | ||
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Ok so I've actually watched it now. And whilst Chandler's allergy argument is ... Questionable ... It is true that some people are more prone to chemical addiction than others (e.g. some people can smoke socially for years and never crave one at any other time, others get hooked on nicotine after just a few times and gave physical withdrawal) but an allergy? Hmmm... Not convinced. The issue is mainly psychological.
The other guy is talking such nonsense it's not even funny. His idea of ramping up the criminal element would simply not decrease levels of drug addiction, at all. He really believes that these people will not take drugs in the first place / stop taking drugs because "its illegal"? ... Really? They don't give a **** whether or not its legal. All his idea would do is place even more pressure on a criminal justice and prison system that's bursting at the seams and costing an absolute fortune as it is. Or worse: taking kids who are dabbling with small time drugs and would stop in their early 20s anyway, slapping them with a criminal record, and all but ensuring that their life will slide downhill INTO unemployment and addiction when they would otherwise have grown up eventually. Utterly ridiculous. Typical toff nonsense. "if daddy is clear that it's naughty then they'll just have to bloody well stop old chap!" Last edited by Toy Soldier; 29-12-2013 at 11:31 AM. |
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30-12-2013, 12:13 AM | #14 | ||
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In short; I think it would be an expensive waste of time. The court system is expensive, the prison system is even more expensive, and it wouldn't deter the problem drug-takers... who are already committing various minor crimes on a daily basis anyway. |
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