Thursday, July 06, 2006

The War on War. Or something.


calendarlive.com: THE DIRECTOR'S LIFE - A true Texan, director Richard Linklater takes aim with both barrels:
"'What would happen if the war on drugs were to be over? Or the war on terror were to be over?' he asks. 'Nothing. You can't declare victory in a war like that. So by calling it that, you've just enslaved all of us for a really endless Orwellian ideal …. If you look at the war on drugs, from the time it started, all that has happened is that the prison population has quadrupled. So that's good for business. That's good for politicians seeking reelection saying they're tough on crime.'

Prisons, he says, are 'really full of petty drug offenders who aren't out to hurt anyone and haven't often hurt anyone but themselves. They are kind of pawns in a bigger power game. So there are lots of things to be paranoid about, I think.'"

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