Rising GOP support for the U.S. taking unilateral military action in Mexico against drug cartels is increasingly rattling people on both sides of the border who worry talk of an attack is getting normalized.

Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate featured high-stakes policy disagreements on a range of issues from abortion to the environment — but found near-unanimous consensus on the idea of using American military force to fight drug smuggling and migration.

  • @Madison420
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    101 year ago

    Taking a drug is a choice, getting shot is not. Stop being obtuse and conflating separate issues. Shame on you.

    • @[email protected]
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      -11 year ago

      Yes, it’s a choice that you are going to possibly lose control of yourself and do various things you wouldn’t usually. If we are treating intoxication by cocaine or anything else as negligible while determining criminal responsibility for murders etc, that is, that every act under intoxication was intentional - then I’m fine with legalizing all drugs.

      • @yawn
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        51 year ago

        Don’t know what you’re talking about, every act under intoxication is already legally intentional. “It’s not rape officer, I was drunk!” Doesn’t hold up in court

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Well, then fine. The more coke sniffers - the fewer coke sniffers, rephrasing the joke about suicides.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Pretty sure the “I was super coked out” defense has yet to be tried in court, but I can’t imagine it would be effective