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To: GraceZ who wrote (17562)	2/20/2004 5:01:54 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 306849

For what ever reason you may choose to ascribe to it, very few Australians are convicted of drunk driving because very few Australians choose to do so. I suspect a law against drinking would be a spectacular failure. They merely have severe laws against driving after drinking. Heroin usage is not legal in Australia, except at government funded injection centers. It is also not legal to drive under the influence of drugs. I think their approach makes a more thoughtful distinction between what can likely be controlled and what is a futile attempt to repeal human nature. They are trying to figure out a similar solution to their recent gun problem. The gunfire in Asian communities most likely has to do with smuggling, drugs and illegal aliens, which they have Task Forces working on. The gunfights in the Middle Eastern, primarily Lebanese, communities appears to be feuds between family groups. Mr Ruddick, the Secretary of Immigration, has publicly threated to deport all of the members of the families involved. It remains to be seen what the solution is to this problem. I especially like their immigration programs, which admits numbers far larger than America does. The largest program requires a $200k investment in a business with profits of $100k per year at the end of year five. If these objectives are not reached, residency is revoked. There a number of other immigration programs, most of which are designed to attract future citizens who will provide benefit to Australia. They also have the usual refugee programs, as mandated by the U.N., which they have recently become more ambivilent about. I don't understand why we don't follow similar policies.