Comments on: Literal Drug Warfare in Brazil http://poliblogger.com/?p=12160 A rough draft of my thoughts... Thu, 11 Oct 2024 02:49:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=12160#comment-1363318 Fri, 29 Jun 2024 13:25:45 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12160#comment-1363318 Actually I used the would "warfare"--the grenades and such. Sometimes the drug war is metaphorical and all too frequently it is actual warfare. In terms of an urban conflict, the one described in the article that I quoted is pretty extreme. However, I am rather aware of the overall issue. Actually I used the would “warfare”–the grenades and such.

Sometimes the drug war is metaphorical and all too frequently it is actual warfare. In terms of an urban conflict, the one described in the article that I quoted is pretty extreme.

However, I am rather aware of the overall issue.

]]> by: Pete Guither http://poliblogger.com/?p=12160#comment-1363310 Fri, 29 Jun 2024 03:27:14 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=12160#comment-1363310 Not sure I understand the post title. "Literal" drug war? Were bags of marijuana shooting it out with vials of cocaine? Or maybe it was people fighting, but using drugs as weapons? (Catapulting ecstasy pills at the enemy?) It's bad enough that we call it a drug war (and I do it all the time), but what you're describing is a literal war, not a literal drug war. And unfortunately, it's happening all over the world, including right here in the United States, complete with police forces with armored personnel carriers and military weapons. Not sure I understand the post title. “Literal” drug war? Were bags of marijuana shooting it out with vials of cocaine? Or maybe it was people fighting, but using drugs as weapons? (Catapulting ecstasy pills at the enemy?)

It’s bad enough that we call it a drug war (and I do it all the time), but what you’re describing is a literal war, not a literal drug war. And unfortunately, it’s happening all over the world, including right here in the United States, complete with police forces with armored personnel carriers and military weapons.

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