Comments on: The real problem with “Your High” http://adrianshort.co.uk/2008/10/14/the-real-problem-with-your-high/ Design, citizenship and the city Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:12:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adrian Short http://adrianshort.co.uk/2008/10/14/the-real-problem-with-your-high/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Adrian Short Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:29:15 +0000 http://adrianshort.co.uk/?p=142#comment-160 No, Mr Brake is clearly trying to use proper democratic means to change the law to get rid of this shop and others like it. My concern is that his reasons for doing so don't stand up to much scrutiny as I hope the article demonstrates. If we want to have a debate about outlawing activities that "promote" drugs then fine. If Mr Brake and his team want to present evidence that this shop and others like it do demonstrable harm then he should do so. At the moment it's just a drugs bad/think about the children/something must be done, prejudice heavy/evidence light campaign that is neither intelligent nor liberal. No, Mr Brake is clearly trying to use proper democratic means to change the law to get rid of this shop and others like it. My concern is that his reasons for doing so don’t stand up to much scrutiny as I hope the article demonstrates.

If we want to have a debate about outlawing activities that “promote” drugs then fine. If Mr Brake and his team want to present evidence that this shop and others like it do demonstrable harm then he should do so. At the moment it’s just a drugs bad/think about the children/something must be done, prejudice heavy/evidence light campaign that is neither intelligent nor liberal.

]]> By: The Brinkster http://adrianshort.co.uk/2008/10/14/the-real-problem-with-your-high/comment-page-1/#comment-159 The Brinkster Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:07:37 +0000 http://adrianshort.co.uk/?p=142#comment-159 So are you basically suggesting that MP Tom Brake is trying to bypass the legal and democratic process by bringing the mob onto the street to close down legal businesses and taking the law into his own hands? So are you basically suggesting that MP Tom Brake is trying to bypass the legal and democratic process by bringing the mob onto the street to close down legal businesses and taking the law into his own hands?

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