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"Bo Raxo" wrote:
> "Reality_Check©" wrote in message
> news:64u9knF2dbb5fU1@mid.individual.net...
> >
> > "yD" wrote in message
> > news:d2eef548-3fad-4d85-8d59-6168efabc96a@13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> > On Mar 25, 12:35 pm, Peter Dworkin wrote:
> >> Reality_Check© 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.
> > ====
> >
> > 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 scumbag got away with.
> >
> > The difference being those caught and prosecuted PAID their DEBT
> > to Society, this dirtball did NOT.
> >
>
> Are you claiming that EVERYONE who used marijuana or cocaine in the 70s was
> convicted, much less incarcerated?
>
> Obviously not. Some were caught, some were not. The difference in most
> cases: people who used but didn't deal were very rarely caught, and even
> more rarely incarcerated.
Most dealers never got caught if they stuck with Mary Jane. _Always_
having coke got one a certain reputation, every time a friend of your
customers couldn't connect, why you name was likely to be dropped.
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