tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post7017129404588544996..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Louise Mensch has missed an opportunity on drugsMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-11383678075943882082011-09-05T16:37:55.638+01:002011-09-05T16:37:55.638+01:00She's wrongly conflating the legality/illegali...She's wrongly conflating the legality/illegality of a drug with whether taking it is a good idea.<br /><br />She is of course free to say it was a bad idea to take it, but can only meaningfully say she is against legalisation if she is volunteering herself for prosecution. Otherwise, by definition, she is in favour of it, at least for herself.Tom (iow)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-61253773125251788782011-08-25T18:32:12.345+01:002011-08-25T18:32:12.345+01:00Excellent article. I've linked to yours from m...Excellent article. I've linked to yours from my own blog here:<br /><br />http://davethedystopian.blogspot.com/2011/08/when-law-makers-are-law-breakers.html<br /><br />I've focused more on the policy suggestions following the much ignored Mensch hypocrisy affair.David M Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294594732820171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-8758640282116697252011-08-05T17:41:29.417+01:002011-08-05T17:41:29.417+01:00Not much to add, but I felt much the same disappoi...Not much to add, but I felt much the same disappointment at her later comment. It's hard to imagine a politician passing off any other criminal offence as a youthful indiscretion - "I can't remember the specifics but I probably did assault him - and?". Perhaps that suggests that she shares the view that taking drugs isn't really worthy of censure in and of itself. If it isn't worthy of censure, then it certainly isn't worthy of criminalising.James Wnoreply@blogger.com