Blake Street Tavern closing?

[Not Sure]

There’s a difference between Libertarianism and Anarchy, but apparently it’s a bit too subtle to discern.

 

[Buffnik]

There’s a difference between Libertarianism and Anarchy, but apparently it’s a bit too subtle to discern.

Libertarianism as an ideology has a lot to offer as long as you're pragmatic enough not to be a purist. Purity gets you to where you oppose things like public roads.

Anarchy has similar problems.

 

[Agent Dave Kujan]

At one time my wife was extolling the likely benefits of pure Libertarianism and I said “Great, I’ve always wanted to try heroin just to see what all the buzz is about”. She recoiled in horror and said “You can’t do that”. I replied “I’ll only do it a few times then I’ll quit - you just have to trust my judgment. Why should the state be involved?”

I think we both changed the subject after that and moved on. Probably went to the yogurt shop or something.

We now take you back to the thread topic.

Opiods were made illegal in 1909. Before that you were able to by them in a drug store. There was no epidemic then.

 

[Agent Dave Kujan]

Libertarianism as an ideology has a lot to offer as long as you're pragmatic enough not to be a purist. Purity gets you to where you oppose things like public roads.

Anarchy has similar problems.

Libertarianism is too revolutionary for most to get their heads around. Most citizens believe that the freedoms that are important to us are the only ones that matter.

It is sad that a bunch of citizens can lobby the state to devalue a great business like The Sink.

I loved that place.

 

[goalline]

Libertarianism is too revolutionary for most to get their heads around. Most citizens believe that the freedoms that are important to us are the only ones that matter.

It is sad that a bunch of citizens can lobby the state to devalue a great business like The Sink.

I loved that place.

Yeah, that’s the problem. Most of us don’t understand libertarianism.

 

[Heywood]

Don’t we have an entire thread dedicated for laughing at discussing libertarian ideas?

 

[Gramburglar]

Opiods were made illegal in 1909. Before that you were able to by them in a drug store. There was no epidemic then.

Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate Addiction

Doctors then, as now, overprescribed the painkiller to patients in need, and then, as now, government policy had a distinct bias

www.smithsonianmag.com

By 1895, morphine and opium powders, like OxyContin and other prescription opioids today, had led to an addiction epidemic that affected roughly 1 in 200 Americans. Before 1900, the typical opiate addict in America was an upper-class or middle-class white woman. Today, doctors are re-learning lessons their predecessors learned more than a lifetime ago.

 

[Agent Dave Kujan]

Inside the Story of America’s 19th-Century Opiate Addiction

Doctors then, as now, overprescribed the painkiller to patients in need, and then, as now, government policy had a distinct bias

www.smithsonianmag.com

The real numbers of opioid addicts prior to criminalization was roughly 10% of users. Which is consistent with the proportion of alcohol users who become alcoholics. Because of criminalization, heroine doses became far more concentrated and far more addictive.

Read the book “Chasing the Scream” by Johann Hari. It gives an incredible breakdown of the war on drugs and what an utter disaster it has been. It is a must read for any American, right, left, and center.

 

[DBT]

What’s this thread about again? Oh yeah. The Blake Street Tavern is closing

 

[goalline]

What’s this thread about again? Oh yeah. The Blake Street Tavern is closing

And, 10% of its patrons will become alcoholics.

 

[Heywood]

And, 10% of its patrons will become alcoholics.

Or heroin addicts

 

[DBT]

And, 10% of its patrons will become alcoholics.

And join the other 15% who already are.

 

[Hunchback Quaker]

Frankly, I think it's long past time that we correlated the decline of the great American author with the closure of opium dens. Thank you, BST, for creating space

 

[MiamiBuffs]

DILFDF (Dad I'd like to finish dinner by five)

Kids today dont party like we did. @FlaBuff bounced me out of Pearls at least afew times. Kids today cant even find Pearls.

 

[Burrito]

Kids today dont party like we did. @FlaBuff bounced me out of Pearls at least afew times. Kids today cant even find Pearls.