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Terrorists Slicker Than Drug Dealers
Posted by FoM on October 14, 2001 at 19:53:10 PT
By Frank Gray, The Journal Gazette 
Source: Journal Gazette 
Because of the threat of more terrorist attacks, the government has appealed to the public to be on the alert. It's called situational awareness. Know what's going on around you at all times.You don't have to walk on eggs, but keep on your toes. Don't suspect everyone you see of being a mad bomber, like the person who called police to report seeing two Mideastern-looking men on the sidewalk.
(They turned out to be students walking to class at the Indiana Institute of Technology.) But still be a little suspicious, and keep your eyes open for things that don't look quite right.Some of us will be better at this than others.Then, some of us will never get the message, like some drug dealers, whose methods are so blatant they are almost amusing.If you aren't into the drug culture, the art of making connections between the buyer and the seller remains a big mystery. It must take a lot of experience, you figure, an amazing ability to read people and spot potential customers, a sort of sixth sense that lets you sniff out a fellow user who's in the market to buy.Street smarts, they call it, the ability to be as crafty as an urban fox.That's the way it works on television - subtle whispers, cryptic comments made between people who never let their eyes meet. Constant suspicion and sizing up of customers before agreeing to anything.Well, think again.When it comes to street dealers, an ice-cream truck is more subtle.For many drug dealers in Fort Wayne, the preferred way of making contact with a customer is to simply wave down a car, maybe at an intersection or, if you have to, right in the middle of the street. Traffic will wait.Take a look at a couple of incidents that have happened since officials first started urging the public last week to be alert and cautious.On Wednesday night on Pearl Street, a 40-year-old man waved down a car and offered it's occupants sex. They weren't interested.Well, the street peddler then offered, maybe crack is what you're interested in. We got that, too. Then, somewhere out of the shadows the man produced a woman and introduced her to the occupants of the car. The two then hopped in and took off for a house several blocks away, where the two could buy cocaine for the occupants of the car.The street pushers were as good as their word. They got the crack for their newfound customers.Of course those customers turned out to be police. They weren't wearing uniforms, but you wonder whether that would have even mattered.The same night another dealer using the same methods - selling drugs on the street is clearly not for the timid - a 37-year-old man waved down a car at Monroe and Lewis streets and told its occupants he could get them some crack. Once again, he was as good as his word and ended up selling crack to customers who proved to be police.Some people will tell you these dealers are junkies, and this is how they survive.That's easy to believe, as incredible as their sales tactics are. Your brains would have to be fried with a side of bacon to wave cars down in a bar district and offer to sell them crack if they stopped.But they're still drug dealers, making the connection between the suppliers and the public, filling the final gap in a chain that starts on another continent, creating destruction a little at a time, leaving rubble just as any other act of destruction does.We can only be glad they're as clumsy and unaware as they are.Too bad terrorists with bombs aren't as awkward.Newshawk: puff_tuffSource: Journal Gazette, The (IN)Author: Frank GrayPublished: October 14, 2001Copyright: 2001 The Journal GazetteContact: letters jg.netWebsite: http://web.journalgazette.net/Related Articles:Customs Switches Priority From Drugs to Terrorismhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11060.shtmlIt's Time to Give Up the War on Drugs http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10882.shtml
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Comment #2 posted by Dan B on October 14, 2001 at 23:34:37 PT:
Bigotry is Invisible
To bigots, bigotry is invisible. This article is a perfect example.It reminds me of something my stepgrandfather (God rest his soul) once said to me--something I could not believe I was hearing: "well, you know, you don't see sparrows mixin' with the pigeons, and you don't see pigeons mixin' with the sparrows. That's the way nature intended. If God wanted us to mix with the coloreds (his word), he'd have made 'em the same as us." Or something to that effect. I called him a bigot, and he said it didn't mean he was a bigot, it was just a fact. I said he was still a bigot.What's the point? The point is that the statement my stepgrandfather made was every bit as ignorant as a statement like "Some people will tell you these dealers are junkies, and this is how they survive.
That's easy to believe, as incredible as their sales tactics are. Your brains would have to be fried with a side of bacon to wave cars down in a bar district and offer to sell them crack if they stopped. andBut they're still drug dealers, making the connection between the suppliers and the public, filling the final gap in a chain that starts on another continent, creating destruction a little at a time, leaving rubble just as any other act of destruction does. andWe can only be glad they're as clumsy and unaware as they are.
Too bad terrorists with bombs aren't as awkward.Yep, my stepgrandfather would have been proud. Equating drug addicted "dealers" with terrorists is like equating flight attendants with hijackers. This kind of ignorance stems from a system that willingly turns a blind eye to the plight of those less fortunate than the "chosen few," however that terms may be defined by those who manipulate the system.And here's the thing that drives us all to frustration: as much as we tell these people that they are prideful, spiteful, ignorant bigots, that cannot see what they are because they are blinded by an corrupt system that, to them, justifies their prejudices.Dan B
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Comment #1 posted by qqqq on October 14, 2001 at 23:11:18 PT
Not much you can say about this writer...
.....unless it was something like;"this guy's an asshole,with a messed up mind"...... 
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