On 11 Dec 1996 08:02:40 GMT,  () wrote:

>Karel Stokkermans > wrote:
>>
>>No.  So?  What do liberal laws w.r.t. drug *usage* have to do with the extent
>>of drug *abuse*?
>
>I guess once you make it legal, *abuse* becomes a simple *use*, eh?
>
>But I think this topic has very little relavency to most of the news
>groups it's propogated, so how about removing them from future postings?
>
>Joe

As far as I know, it was YOU who brought up the connection to Dutch
legislation on drugs abuse/usage (talking about ad hominem / tu quoque
arguments...) . See quote below. It's only fair that we defend
ourselves in the same fora that YOU used to make the Dutch society
suspect. Consider it a rectification to your posting.

>BeeJay  > wrote:
>>
>>Ahem, I personally think that Joe was responding to Van Dijk's
>>*exaggeration*.

>Yeap!  I also found it ironic for somebody from Holland to point fingers
>at US and blaming us for major drug addiction.  Is there a more liberal
>developed country with regards to drug usage than Holland?
>
>Joe

But now the rectification has been published, I indeed agree to end
the discussion on this topic.

Michel Couzijn
Amsterdam, The Netherlands