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11 May 2019, 2:07 am

Does anyone really expect the drugs to surrender? :lol:


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11 May 2019, 2:18 am

a generous amount of bloody mindedness keeps the drug war going.



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11 May 2019, 2:23 am

auntblabby wrote:
a generous amount of bloody mindedness keeps the drug war going.


And profit motive.


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11 May 2019, 2:25 am

the selfish profit motive is the bloody minded root of all evil in this hellworld.



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11 May 2019, 2:28 am

auntblabby wrote:
the selfish profit motive is the bloody minded root of all evil in this hellworld.


I assumed 'bloody minded' meant stubborn/obstinate, like it usually does, fwiw.


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11 May 2019, 2:36 am

funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
the selfish profit motive is the bloody minded root of all evil in this hellworld.


I assumed 'bloody minded' meant stubborn/obstinate, like it usually does, fwiw.

the profit motive is mightily stubborn, as it is hard-wired into those among us who are financially talented. that is why entreprenurialism cannot really be taught in any proper way. like any other talent, you either have it or you don't.