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Originally Posted by maskedmelon
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it's not about freebies, lor. it's about being an implement of suffering. I have three questions for you:
1. do you believe suffering is good?
2. do you believe that suffering should be minimized?
3. do you understand that safe injection sites subsidize suffering?
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Excellent questions.
I only eat grass-fed/free-range meat because I believe that factory farming causes unnecessary suffering, so that answers #1. However I also have nothing against killing animals, even though that obviously involves
some suffering, so clearly I'm in favor of minimizing suffering when it can't be eliminated completely (#2).
But then you have #3, and no I do not understand that safe injection sites subsidize suffering. Drug addicts don't think "gee, I could be addicted to smack today, but I'm out of clean needles ... well, I guess I better sober up". What they'll actually say is "I'm out of clean needles, guess I'll use a dirty one." And without a doubt dirty needles lead to disease, and disease leads to suffering.
So back at you: do you understand that not giving addicts access to clean needles means they will get diseases and suffer?