[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[George Cook]

In article <00ABA14E.69195DAC at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> In article <6f1b5451-ed3d-4f71-aa18-36d98ba6eb9b at a17g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, Jose Baars <peutbaars at googlemail.com> writes:
>>{...snip...}
>>In this case, putting all these drug addicts in prison
>>would cost the society about 100 times as much,
>>not counting the cost of the crimes of their
>>colleagues just released or not yet caught.
>>As JF said, many of these addicts are eased
>>into all kinds of programs to help them become
>>'normal' citizens again, and a lot of them actually
>>succeed.
> 
> Free syringes has ONLY one impetus and that is to avoid the spread of AIDS.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is truely clueless.

> IV drug users don't care.  And, offering syringes without the drug does NOT
> lower any costs of crime that is committed to support these habits.  You've
> got to be drugged out yourself to even think such nonsense.
> 
> I've lived a 5+ year heroin nightmare, so please don't pretend to preach to
> the choir on this.  Thank you.

Those who haven't "been there and done that" shouldn't preach at all.


George Cook