Should the state shoot drug-dealers?

[pluralist]

About 15 years ago I took part in a weekend conference at Ditchley on law and order. Amid the welter of probation officers, right-on policemen, social workers, outreach workers, penologists, psychologists, do-gooders and bleeding hearts I soon realised I had only one ally in the cause of understanding less and condemning more. He was an enormously distinguished professor of ethics from one of America's leading universities. In his spare time he was an adviser to the police departments of several major American cities.

We fell, in one of the recesses, to discussing the drugs problem. "You know," he said, "a few years ago they had a serious drugs problem in China. So they rounded up 6,000 drugs dealers and shot them in the back of the head. Result: they don't have a drugs problem." He said this without a trace of humour, and without a trace of disapproval. It is a remark on which, in the intervening years, I have often pondered.

This article is from over a year ago, but I don't think it has been posted on here before.

So, should drug dealers be executed?


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main ... do1301.xml

[Bobb]

If there is a war on drugs then it's acceptable to kill people in a war.
There isn't a war on drugs yet

[Anorakphobia]

No need to, they appear to be doing a damn fine job of it themselves.

Something also struck me recently, if drug dealing is so lucrative how come these so called drug lords usually end up getting shot in council houses, flat comlexes or dingy boozers.
If the Sunday World was to be believed they all would live in 12 bodyguarded mansions in Howth and a fleet of racing cars.

[CookieMonster]

No.

[CookieMonster]

No need to, they appear to be doing a damn fine job of it themselves.

Something also struck me recently, if drug dealing is so lucrative how come these so called drug lords usually end up getting shot in council houses, flat comlexes or dingy boozers.
If the Sunday World was to be believed they all would live in 12 bodyguarded mansions in Howth and a fleet of racing cars.

Been to Marbella, have you?

[stewiegriffin]

So, should drug dealers be executed?

Yes they should be publicly bludgeoned to death with copies of the sunday world ! In croke park maybe , sponsered by Guinness obviously

[ballot stuffer]

God no.

Maybe shoot the dealers that sell drugs with dangerous containments.

[codology]

Yes.

[cyberianpan]

Well we could shoot the "Public homosexuals" and that would stop that too.

Just because shooting drug dealers stopped drug dealing doesn't prove drug dealing was wrong.

Shootin' folk should only be a last resort , and judging by the number of drug consumers I don't think drug dealing is black & white enough to start shootin'.

Though I certainly think we should shoot those who shoot drug dealers.

CyP

[ON THE ONE ROAD]

do one or the other, legalise it or shoot the bastards. the idea that gardai are dealing at the moment to kill of a black market industry that makes billions is laughable.