William F. Buckley on cigarettes, illegal drug and hypocrisy

William F. Buckley on cigarettes, illegal drugs and hypocrisy, excerpt from 1988 ABC TV special hosted by Ted Koppel

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[DaceFalar7]

"It's perfectly legal to vote for Jesse Jackson; doesn't make it reputable does it?"

[Vomitonthecross]

Buckley rules.

[hankrearden73]

Bil Buckley is my hero. #thatisall

[DCUPtoejuice]

I love Buckley, the Republican Party is soooo far away from this now it is a disgrace.

[ColdCypher]

@zetetic0void And what would be the benefit of promoting the use of these substances? Pleasure? There we have it. It then is reduced to a matter of who is more likely to achieve that state of pleasure. The manipulative capitalist who wants his labor, or the worker who wants his drug stupor. It boils down to power. End of story. People are not necessarily equal. Oh well.

[hurtzc]

Buckley's genius is sorely missed.

It's pretty clear to me that what is allowable is not necessarily good or honorable.

But that bitch smacking Jesse Jackson upside the head is all three.

[MasterEled]

@acphenom I think you are the one who needs to research this, cocaine and crack are not the same thing, the cocaine is a constant but in practise, in theory, and in general the two are dissimilar in every way other than the constancy of "cocaine" being contained within them. A fork can be used to stab and kill someone but that is not a reason to hand out free, unregistered guns to everyone in the United States. The ends do not justify the means and it is absurd to compare crack to Vitamin-A.

[acphenom]

@MasterEled All 'drugs' are poison, and all poisons are 'drugs' - it's the dosage that matters (and to a lesser extent, the route of administration). For instance, alcohol is poison - it would not be recommendable to inject oneself with pure alcohol but when one consumes it orally in greatly-diluted form then it's a much different issue. Same with Vitamin A - high quantites of it can be lethal but in small quantities it is vital. Likewise, cocaine - research the coca leaf.

[MasterEled]

@satv365 I believe that most things, whether drugs or fast food should be left up to the judgment of an individual, however, something like crack has no positive manifestations in our society. Crack is more poison than drug, and legalizing it would be equatable to legalizing suicide or the consumption of sodium hydroxide. It could be argued that cocaine should be legalized, but crack is a derivative of cocaine with more household chemicals than plant-based narcotics contained in it.

[MasterEled]

@satv365 How, pray tell, does one regulate crack? I, for one, do not want to pay for some crackhead's trip to rehab when I pay taxes and other than the fact that stupid people will be killed off faster, crack has no benefits to society. This I know, and this I will continue to believe until you make some mind-blowingly brilliant and convincing point to defend that tragically bad judgment call.

[marlboroman1985]

We curbed smoking by jacking up the price, not fucking DARE.