tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post7063000417663647966..comments2024-03-18T07:55:19.196-07:00Comments on Public Defender Dude: Whoa - There is a GOOD Initiative on the BallotPD Dudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067582064163477160noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-70049384331243122292008-11-28T21:48:00.000-08:002008-11-28T21:48:00.000-08:00did prop 6 pass?? no such thing as a misd meth cas...did prop 6 pass?? no such thing as a misd meth case here in HInapali66https://www.blogger.com/profile/00384597683803951136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-67539413514142453482008-11-13T20:03:00.000-08:002008-11-13T20:03:00.000-08:00Hello this is Brianna visiting first time to this ...Hello this is Brianna visiting first time to this site and find it very interesting. I really like to join it.and really want to continue the discussion with this site..<BR/><BR/>-------<BR/><BR/>brianna<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.addictionlink.org/drug-rehab-center/washington" REL="nofollow">washington drug rehab</A>briannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569398023465343566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-68657879704191215352008-10-30T00:27:00.000-07:002008-10-30T00:27:00.000-07:00The office is staffed by committed, passionate, ye...The office is staffed by committed, passionate, yet down-to-earth attorneys who aren’t afraid to laugh at some of the things that roll through the place. I’m impressed by both their compassion and their skills as advocates. <BR/>---------------<BR/>Dinesh<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.addictionlink.org" REL="nofollow">Drug Rehabilitation Programs</A>manojhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05542221301262211462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-56309216526552689612008-08-28T13:00:00.000-07:002008-08-28T13:00:00.000-07:00There was an excellent letter to the Opinion Secti...There was an excellent letter to the Opinion Section in the L.A Times...which more or less said that when enough Sharia law followers accumulate, they can simply just use the flawed initiative process to enact Sharia law on all California. I know this is an extreme example. But for a 14 year old being forced to become a suicide bomber or one that wrongly gets convicted by hearsay ( like NIcholas prop.6 makes hearsay evidence more admissable ), the difference may not be that distinguishable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-91553508907645735632008-08-26T23:06:00.000-07:002008-08-26T23:06:00.000-07:00I think this is a good sign and the elections seem...I think this is a good sign and the elections seem to get a good percentage here. This will be a tough competition here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-42357797808118779092008-08-24T15:03:00.000-07:002008-08-24T15:03:00.000-07:00Thanks for the blog, which I enjoy. I'm a DPD in L...Thanks for the blog, which I enjoy. I'm a DPD in L.A. County and have represented hundreds of prohibition violators. I'm an abolitionist. Prop 5 is a problem for those who want to end the drug war. It actually will perpetuate the drug war by sugarcoating its injustice. Prop 5's chief financier, Mr. Soros, champions the drug war's most insidious face -- coercive rehabilitation. Under this drug war facet, it's OK to use force to cause users to stop using. But forcing adults to stop using narcotics by "treating" them with "carrots and sticks" is called brainwashing, and is evil. <BR/><BR/>The initiative is an example of the Left's re-branding of the drug war. The measure's preamble uses the in-vogue medical metaphor, calling the habitual use of narcotics "addiction" and a "disease." These terms are popular among my colleagues, but they insult our clients' dignity. To label a person's anti-social, deviant or unpopular behavior "a disease" makes it palatable to the public and to judges to continue to use force. <BR/><BR/>Jail? Well, it is only to "treat" a "patient," not to punish a criminal. "It hurts me," says the progressive judge, "more to jail this poor addict than it will hurt her to do the time. Counsel, I bet she'll thank me." This paternalism, at least in California, is an increasingly easier sell, than former Chief Gates' drug war from the right, "casual drug users ought to be shot." But the tyranny is indistinguishable: adults are forbidden by law from pursuing happiness by possessing and ingesting certain chemicals and plants.<BR/><BR/>Thus, to a person who wants to use narcotics, Prop 5 is a kinder, gentler machine gun hand -- that's all. <BR/><BR/>And what does the initiative do for my clients who sell narcotics? Nothing. They remain full force Drug War targets. Coercive rehabilitation proponents are quite content to vilify and to hunt sellers, and to punish them harshly. <BR/><BR/>BH (Los Angeles)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651032.post-42223882633510879002008-08-24T14:51:00.000-07:002008-08-24T14:51:00.000-07:00Thanks for the blog, which I enjoy. I'm a DPD in L...Thanks for the blog, which I enjoy. I'm a DPD in L.A. County and have represented hundreds of prohibition violators. I'm an abolitionist. Prop 5 is a problem for those who want to end the drug war. It actually will perpetuate the drug war by sugarcoating its injustice. It's chief financier, Mr. Soros, champions the drug war's most insidious face -- coercive rehabilitation. Under this drug war facet, it's OK to use force to cause users stop using. But forcing adults to stop using narcotics by "treating" them with "carrots and sticks" is called brainwashing, and is evil. <BR/><BR/>The initiative is an example of the Left's re-branding of the Drug War. Its preamble, in the in-vogue metaphor, calls "addiction" a "disease." These terms are popular among my colleagues, but insult our clients' dignity. Labeling their anti-social, deviant or unpopular behavior "a disease" makes it palatable to the voters and judges to continue to use force against them. <BR/><BR/>Jail? Well, it is only to "treat" a patient, not to punish a criminal. "It hurts me," says the progressive judge, "more to jail this poor addict than it will hurt her to do the time. Counsel, I bet she'll thank me." This, at least in California, is an increasingly easier sell, than Chief Gates' Drug War from the right, "casual drug users ought to be shot." But the tyranny is indistinguishable: adults are forbidden by law from pursuing happiness by possessing and ingesting certain chemicals and plants.<BR/><BR/>Thus, to a person who wants to use narcotics, Prop 5 is a kinder, gentler machine gun hand -- that's all. <BR/><BR/>And what does the initiative do for my clients who sell narcotics? Nothing. They remain full force Drug War targets. Coercive rehabilitation proponents are quite content to vilify and to hunt sellers, and to punish them harshly. <BR/><BR/>BH (Los Angeles)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com