On Mar 26, 1:43 am, "Reality_Check=A9" wrote:
> "yD" wrote in message
> news:d2eef548-3fad-4d85-8d59-6168efabc96a@13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 25, 12:35 pm, Peter Dworkin wrote:
> > Reality_Check=A9 wrote:
> > > NY Governor Patterson admits to committing FELONIES
> > >
> > > NY gov says he tried coke and pot in his youth
> > >
> > > Paterson is regarded in New York as a politician of integrity who is
> > > capable
> > > of building consensus in the capital in Albany after the Spitzer
> > > shake-up.
>
> > Here's a reality check for you: Who gives a flying .?
>
> Well,some people do -- but the drugs are common knowledge, when he was
> running for Lt. Governor, he admitted to taking marijuana and cocaine
> but has not taken illegal drugs since the 1970s.
> =3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> Funny. THOUSANDS of people who "took" marijuana and cocaine
> in the 1970s ended up convicted of Felonies and/or Incarcerated for
> the very same acts this drug-abusing
We know he used ... but how do you know he abused?
> scumbag got away with.
>
> The difference being those caught and prosecuted PAID their DEBT
> to Society, this dirtball did NOT.
Is not having been convicted and/or incarcerated all that makes him a
"scumbag" and "dirtball" ... are those who used drugs and were
convicted and/or incarcerated not "scumbags" and "dirtballs"? If so,
that sounds like an argument for repealing the relevant laws. (Or if
not, what is your point in harping on his non-conviction/
incarceration?) |