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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index

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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (30498)5/1/2005 7:57:35 PM
From: GraceZRead Replies (1) of 306849
 
Why not respond to what I write instead of your whacked out characterisation which in no way resembles me.

Australia says you're an addict, there's nothing we can do to change your mind until you decide to stop but we can prevent you from causing too many problems for other people. Sensible!



If I was to follow your logic, I could say:

People will always sexually abuse small children, so let's just let them as long as we can minimize the social disruption.

I used to be naive enough to think it was a victim-less crime to use drugs, but that was before I spent time in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Years ago a popular black mayor here in Baltimore mentioned decriminalization as a viable option. He was skewered not by the right, or the pious, but by his own backers on the left. The black community basically roasted the guy for those comments because they are the ones living with the worst of the side effects.
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