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Originally Posted by Jel
Yes.
Really? Do you know the figures behind the war on drugs?
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"In 1986, the US Defense Department funded a two-year study by the RAND Corporation, which found that the use of the armed forces to interdict drugs coming into the United States would have little or no effect on cocaine traffic and might, in fact, raise the profits of cocaine cartels and manufacturers."
"A 2008 study by Harvard economist Jeffrey A. Miron has estimated that legalizing drugs would inject $76.8 billion a year into the U.S. economy ? $44.1 billion from law enforcement savings, and at least $32.7 billion in tax revenue ($6.7 billion from marijuana, $22.5 billion from cocaine and heroin, remainder from other drugs)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_...s_to_taxpayers
It's been a war that has been lost. It costs billions. It is a total fuck up. Drugs are more widely available and at a better purity than ever before.
I don't understand how you can support something that has failed utterly?
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Originally Posted by Jel
Do you think piracy has zero effect on porn producers & porn affiliates income? Do you think if nothing is done, rather than something, that's the way forward?
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I am saying, and I think this is the 2398293 time I've said this, that the money wasted on fighting piracy would generate more revenue if it was spent on marketing and making a better product. I've seen no proof that spending money on fighting piracy has any impact at all. In fact, the opposite, as more people are pirating now than ever. The PR that the cases get has been shown to increase traffic to piracy sites with the case of TPB and Jamy wasshername.