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To: Ilaine who wrote (95667)	1/17/2005 6:25:22 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 793578

But my guess is that social intolerance is what turned the tide. "That makes sense." Which doesn't bode well for libertarianism, unfortunately. Why do you say that? Libertarianism does not equal a lack of "social intolerance". The libertarian idea is that you should send someone to jail for drinking, eating, or smoking, things like alacahol, marijuna ect. It doesn't mean you can't express intolerance or even contempt for the abuse of such substances. Most of us don't drink during the work day because we can't do our jobs if we do. I expect the same would be true if drugs were legalized, we'd save it for the weekends. Or use on even less frequent intervals or not use at all. But what about the ones who don't work? What about them? Tim