Drug dealer myths

Hey - just come across this new book by some academic in the uk who says that dealers arnt as bad as they are made out!! Seriously tho it says that a lot (most) dealers are user/dealers, friend dealers etc and thatn there are lots of middle class dealers etc and that these don't fit with what people normally think. Aslo says drug markets arnt as bad as made out in lots of ways. Looks good - thought the group might be intrested?

http://www.fabooks.com/book.php?id=440

jon

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Jonnog wrote:
> Hey - just come across this new book by some academic in the uk who says that dealers arnt as bad as they are made out!! Seriously tho it says that a lot (most) dealers are user/dealers, friend dealers etc and thatn there are lots of middle class dealers etc and that these don't fit with what people normally think. Aslo says drug markets arnt as bad as made out in lots of ways. Looks good - thought the group might be intrested?


Why?

Do all modified people do drugs?

Or you're drug-addled brain works as well as Curt's?

Go away and stay away.


Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
[...]

> Or you're drug-addled brain works as well as Curt's?

"Quit whining about me, Kavin!"

> Go away and stay away.

It's that kind of reception that makes some set up residence and stay
"forever."

Hth.

> Kavin

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Jonnog wrote:
> Hey - just come across this new book by some academic
> in the uk who says that dealers arnt as bad as they are
> made out!!

I don't need a book to tell me that, yes, some drug dealers are simply
entrepreneurs who are making money in a perhaps dangerous and
definitely illegal way.

> Seriously tho it says that a lot (most) dealers are user/dealers,
> friend dealers etc and thatn there are lots of middle class dealers
> etc and that these don't fit with what people normally think.

It should come as no surprise that people from all walks of life and at
every socioeconomic level partake in drugs. Personal use or even
selling to friends. Pick up a newspaper if you doubt me.

> Aslo says drug markets arnt as bad as made out in lots of ways.
> Looks good - thought the group might be intrested?
>
> http://www.fabooks.com/book.php?id=440

Is it your book? I mean are you the author? At $34.95 there are many
other books on drug culture that I'd be buying first.

At $19.99:

http://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Mirrors-...e=UTF8&s=books


At $14.95:

http://www.amazon.com/Ending-Drugs-D...e=UTF8&s=books


And at $12.44:

http://www.amazon.com/Drug-War-Crime...e=UTF8&s=books


The war on drugs is a farce and a failure. I read a book titled _New
Jack_ where the author states that money is being put aside to build
jails for people who haven't even been born yet. Yes, that's called
planning ahead. Actually, that's what I'd call poor planning and the
result of poor policy.

http://www.amazon.com/Newjack-Guardi...e=UTF8&s=books


> jon

heh :o)

Did you think the rec in rec.arts.bodyart was for *rec*reational drug
use?

I don't smoke. Not Marlboros, not Newports, and not marijuana. Heck, I
rarely drink alcohol although I've read that a glass of red wine would
be a good thing from a health perspective.

Anyway, thanks for your input.

Now, do you have any tattoos or piercings you'd like to talk about?

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:
KT> > Go away and stay away.
>
CJ> It's that kind of reception that makes some set up residence and
stay
CJ> "forever."

Who do we blame for your reception, then?

Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> Curt James wrote:
> > Kavin Taylor wrote:
> KT> > Go away and stay away.
> >
> CJ> It's that kind of reception that makes some set
> CJ> up residence and stay "forever."
>
> Who do we

Define we.

> blame

Typo. Credit. ;o)

> for your reception, then?

Could you rephrase the question, please? And by rephrase the question,
of course, I mean, "Quit whining about me, Kavin!"

> Kavin

--
Curt

Curt James (ASSHOLE) wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:

KT> > Who do we
>
ASSHOLE> Define we.

Everyone on RAB who hates you, dislikes you, defines you as less than a
smegma stain, ignores you or, shit, just exists.

KT> > blame
>
ASSHOLE> Typo. Credit. ;o)

Cool. Now you define blame as credit. I still define your loving
uncle as a child molester and your grandmother as someone who ignores
reality. Care to spar?

I'm armed for bear. You aren't even a cub.


Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> Curt James (ASSHOLE)

I love it when you get all red in the face.

> wrote:
> > Kavin Taylor wrote:
>
> KT> > Who do we
> >
> ASSHOLE> Define we.
>
> Everyone on RAB who hates you, dislikes you, defines you as less than a
> smegma stain, ignores you or, shit, just exists.

How's YOUR blood pressure, Kavvy?

> KT> > blame
> >
> ASSHOLE> Typo. Credit. ;o)
>
> Cool. Now you define blame as credit.

I think it has to do with perspective. Something you seem to have lost.


> I still define your loving uncle as a child molester

Not true.

> and your grandmother as someone who ignores reality.

Quite likely as she passed away more than ten years ago.

> Care to spar?
>
> I'm armed for bear.

Maybe Yogi bear, but I suspect that bear'd best you, too. You've proven
yourself something of a Mr. Ranger, imo.

> You aren't even a cub.

ahahahHA! Man, you can't win for losing, Kavin. As much as you Google
and play terrier, you'd think you'd be aware of this:

http://www.hbgsd.k12.pa.us/foose/site/default.asp

Check the page carefully, Kavvy.

Home of the Cougar what? ;o)

> Kavin

So, yeah, you're wrong and you're wrong and, oh, you're wrong. That
seems to cover things neatly. Oh, and re my RAB reception, guess you
missed the following, too:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...3b05b634fbc91c
aka http://tinyurl.com/yha4lj

Quite a nice reception at that. :oD

Hth.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James wrote:
>. Oh, and re my RAB reception, guess you
> missed the following, too:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...3b05b634fbc91c
> aka http://tinyurl.com/yha4lj
>
> Quite a nice reception at that. :oD

Wow. Anyone of significance?

Didn't think so.

Your point, again?


And do you really think that everyone is like you and depends on
archives? Sorry, but your school system really is lame. I know what I
saw. And your system has violated its own policies and has shown
students, yes students. But you know that.

Your grandmother's death ten years ago does not mean she didn't know
your uncle molested you. It just means she's dead.



Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
[...]

re http://tinyurl.com/yha4lj

> Wow. Anyone of significance?

114 results for heidi, nina.
317 results for heidi, lish.
89 results for heidi, corine.
148 results for heidi, judy.
197 results for heidi, lani.
367 results for heidi, anne.

Naaaah. No one of significance. You're right, Mr. Ranger.

> Didn't think

This much is obvious.

> so.
>
> Your point, again?

Heyyyyy, Boo Boo Bear, why don't you tell me the point!

> And do you really think that everyone is like you

Ohhh, would that they could be, Kavvy. Would that they could be!

Things would be VERY different. People would be much less organized
however much more flexible. People would laugh more than they frown.
Cigarette manufacturers would be conducting massive layoffs as no one
would be buying their products. Everyone would own a motorcycle.
Alcohol would be replaced by Gatorade as the chief beverage imbibed by
the people at the corner bar. Galaga would be played by people on a
regular basis while sports stadiums would be abandoned sites perhaps
being taken over by female bodybuilding, figure, and fitness
competitions as the swing to aesthetic appreciation would outstrip the
current love for contact sports. Art museums would replace churches as
places of "worship" throughout the land and funding for public
libraries would increase dramatically as the money currently being
spent on the war in Iraq would trickle to zero as our troops would be
returned home almost immediately. And I suspect that more things would
change, but, hey, that'd be a nice start, imo. Ymmv.

> and depends on archives?

HA! You're saying you have no interest in the ng archives? P'shaw,
Kavvy.

> Sorry, but your school system really is lame.
> I know what I saw.

I suspect you don't know what you saw, sadly. You don't know,
apparently, as what you see, read, etc. seems to have a permanent
disconnect from reality.

> And your system has violated its own policies and
> has shown students, yes students.

To review, Kavin, because, yes, it seems you really need it, I stated
that, "All the art teachers were told that posting student art was
something that needed to be worked out with legal. Spin whatever
fantasy makes you happy, but that's the fact."

Now if you want to interpret that as a lame "system" policy then be my
guest. I'll count it as spinning a fantasy that makes you happy. The
fact remains, however, that all art teachers were told that posting
student art was forbidden. Can you grasp that, Kavin?

Speeding is forbidden. Stealing office supplies is forbidden.
Shootings, selling illegal drugs, jaywalking, and more are all
forbidden. Do people participate in these activities and more? Yes, of
course. That doesn't change the fact that certain things are noted as
illegal. Some abide while some do not.

Welcome to planet Earth, Kav. Enjoy your stay.

> But you know that.

I know all. ;o)

> Your grandmother's death ten years ago does not
> mean she didn't know your uncle molested you.
> It just means she's dead.

Water off a duck's back, Kav. But do continue spinning your fantasies.

> Kavin

Still, is this all you pack when you hunt bear? HA! :oD

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:
> [...]
>
CJ> re http://tinyurl.com/yha4lj
>
> > Wow. Anyone of significance?
>
> 114 results for heidi, nina.
> 317 results for heidi, lish.
> 89 results for heidi, corine.
> 148 results for heidi, judy.
> 197 results for heidi, lani.
> 367 results for heidi, anne.

You are delusional. The thread YOU list has, what, 6 posts to it? And
you are half.

I'm surprised you didn't list Keith and how he loved you.

Loser.


Kavin

Hint: System can mean School Sytem. We call that context. Something
you complain of yet don't understand. Obviously.

Curt James wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:
kt> > Your grandmother's death ten years ago does not
kt> > mean she didn't know your uncle molested you.
kt> > It just means she's dead.
>
> Water off a duck's back, Kav. But do continue spinning your fantasies.

Felt a need to reply to that, huh? Sort of belies the 'doesn't bother
me at all' thought your statement implies.

Or maybe you're saying your history with your uncle doesn't bother you
anymore.

Funny how phrases can be turned.


Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
[...]

> Funny how phrases can be turned.

Funny, too, how your panties are all inna bunch. ;o)

> Kavin

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> Curt James wrote:

re http://tinyurl.com/yha4lj

> > > Wow. Anyone of significance?

Psst, Kavin, you wrote "Anyone of significance?" Hold that in your
memory, please.

> > 114 results for heidi, nina.
> > 317 results for heidi, lish.
> > 89 results for heidi, corine.
> > 148 results for heidi, judy.
> > 197 results for heidi, lani.
> > 367 results for heidi, anne.
>
> You are delusional.

How so?

Again, you wrote "Anyone of significance?" With that question in mind
and the following names from that thread - heidi, Meyham, Caryn Zeier,
(all significant in my opinion, btw) plus yours truly, I Googled "heidi
+ x" with x being a few names you, Kavin, might consider "significant."
Guilt or "significance" by proximity would indicate that Heidi is, yes,
firmly planted in the "Anyone of significance" category. Ymmv.

> The thread YOU list has, what, 6 posts to it?

Yes.

You can at least count to six, apparently. You must've clicked the link
or did you guess? heh

> And you are half.

Better check your math again, Kavvy.

> I'm surprised you didn't list Keith

Certainly.

200 results for heidi, keith.

Kav, you mention context below. How's your ability to recognize
patterns? Never mind, like hunting bears, it appears you're
ill-prepared for the task.

[...]

> Loser.

Oh, boo hoo. And...

"Quit whining about me, Kavin!"

> Kavin
>
> Hint: System can mean School Sytem.

School what? But, yes, I recognized that's what you were complaining
about.

> We

Again with the we.

> call that context.

Uh huh.

> Something you complain of yet don't
> understand. Obviously.

I don't complain. I post and reply as I see fit.

Hth.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James wrote:
> Kavin Taylor wrote:
> [...]
>
KT> > Funny how phrases can be turned.
>
CJ> Funny, too, how your panties are all inna bunch. ;o)

You've got that woodie thinking about ol' uncle, don't you?

It's okay.

Kavin