VIOLENCE IN VANCOUVER

When the world thinks of Canada,certain images come to most people's minds. Such as; friendly people, stable government, safety for its citizens and visitors, prosperity for most and a natural beauty unsurpassed worldwide. And all of this was true for most of Canada's history. Until Now.

For something new, something dark has begun to stain the positive image of this once peaceful land.

VIOLENCE. Specifically murders in numbers never before seen or at least not experienced since the dark days in Montreal during the violent war between rival outlaw motorcycle gangs.An interesting coincidence that; the violence had at its root control of the lucrative illegal  narcotic trade. And once again the spate of vicious killings has as its main motivation the same driving force. Namely who will ultimately reap the obscene profits from the control and sale of drugs.

 

Oh mind you there are those who claim ego is as much to blame, or the lenient sentences handed out to the poor stooges who act as the front men in the holding and selling of these drugs. The reality however is the simple fact that if the prohibition against drugs were repealed, almost all of the violence would end tomorrow. After all, when was the last time we read of a killing over who gets to sell alcohol or cigarettes. And yet these 2 legal drugs kill more users in a week worldwide than drugs do in a year.

Have you ever wondered why we are determined to repeat the same mistakes that were made with the Prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's? Perhaps if we began to question who really profits from laws which make no sense and create mayhem and madness in their wake, people would begin to demand that laws are passed to protect the citizenry and make this a better world to live in.

If prohibition ended tomorrow, it would not create any more addicts than there are already going to be. Nor would the fabric of our society crumble as so many would have us believe. The same laws and restrictions against alcohol could apply against drugs. Age limits, motor vehicle operation, taxation, etc. All of these and more. Instead we have special interests fighting tooth and nail to prevent such an occurrence.

Doctors, Cops, Politicians, these are just some of the groups who would lose power and they will do anything to prevent this from happening. And all because of a need for power and control. The world, but especially the U.S nee bad guys. Without them the people of the planet might begin to look in other directions. Like in the direction of the economics of our planet. 

Wouldn't it piss you off to find out that less than 1% of the world's population controls over 90% of the wealth. And they don't see any reason why that should change. Would you if you were such an elite? Of course not. So instead through the ruling classes control of the media;newspapers, radio, tv. etc. we the people are always letting ourselves be distracted from the real issues. Namely;poverty, genocide, ecological disaster, an economic system which perpetuates the ills of society by distracting us over and over again.

If we would only open our minds and see the wizard behind the curtain. We do not have much time left to save our planet but I believe we can still do it if we begin to ACT NOW. And repealing the laws which only add to the misery it pretends to be fighting is one place to start.

WHAT'S KEEPING US FROM BEGINNING RIGHT NOW?????