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To: jbe who wrote (57303)	10/5/1999 9:18:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 108807

It also seems to me that the causes of both progress and regress reside in public opinion as well as in the "machinery of state." Very frequently, the latter is really only responding to the former. I agree. It is often much more expedient to order a highly visible "crackdown" on a visible problem than it is to seriously address causes and consequences. Response to drug crimes is one example. Capital punishment is another: it saves no money, and it has repeatedly been shown to have no deterrent effect, but politicians know they can trot it out to great public acclaim whenever it is expedient to be seen "doing something about crime".