[QUOTE=kingkilburn;3226427]Genocide and drug smuggling aren't even in the same neighborhood. By comparing the two you lose all credibility in my eyes. You seem to want to make it a black and white issue by pushing it to a far extreme instead of just discussing the issue at hand.[quote]
No, I was using the holocaust to underscore that moral relativism is a poor argument to use to defend what is an inherent injustice.
That's why I cited the Great Leap forward as a further example; and there are plenty more.
What you don't seem to realize is, it's not the details that are important in this analysis, it's the underlying logic, which applies universally.
The argument here doesn't revolve around whether or not crime should be punished. It revolves around the question of whether or not the law criminalizing a certain action is founded upon rational principles.
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When comparing western morals to eastern morals you aren't comparing apples to apples. You are looking at their punishment of a crime through western lenses. I'm sure in a totalitarian zero tolerance judicial system it works just fine. They don't have to deal with rehab because they are trying to kill the messenger before he give his message.
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Whatever. You seem to believe that simply because an injustice was committed in another country or culture that the issue is therefore above reproach. I disagree with this.
As further example, I'll point to the issue of political speech, which is heavily censored in China. Now, obviously, the CPC has a vested interest in suppressing dissident political movements and has enacted laws to do just that.
Do you support what the CPC is doing?
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I wish we adopted this type of policy. You don't have prisons full of petty theft and minor drug charges when you deal with the inflow of drugs absolutely.
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Or, we could just decriminalize actions which fall into the spectrum of personal choice and responsibility.