DARE To Turn In Your Parents

For their role in cuffing dope pushers and supporting the DARE program, cops in one Massachusetts town were recently awarded a $1,000 by a local drug-abuse prevention organization. A job well done: Only part of which involved undermining the family and the relationship between parent and child ? but an important part.

While the DARE program has come under intense criticism in the state, resulting in drastic funding cuts, Marshfield, Massachusetts, Police Lieutenant Phil Tavares has been fulsome in praise for the anti-drug school program. Reports the July 8 Boston Globe, "Tavares said he has received only positive feedback about the program and he firmly believes it's a needed resource. As an example, he talked about the recent case of a DARE graduate who called the police on his mother after finding marijuana in the house."

Oh yeah. That's good: Fink on your mom.

Remember, government always seeks power above all else. Family values, freedom, civil rights, even limited government... all of these arguments are only ways to convince the people to give a particular politician power. The days when a politician could campaign on the basis of being well-read, articulate, intelligent, and a good leader are gone. These days it's all about nuance; whether it's Kerry nuancing the question of how tax increases will improve the economy or Bush nuancing about how the laws that he hasn't even used are going to save us all from terrorism... it's all about power.

And that's what the drug war makes clear. The power to turn brother against sister, father against daughter, son against mother. When the enemy is within our homes, how can we possibly trust anyone other than the government's knights in shiny black armor, here to protect us and parent us from the evils of the world? Our children are taught to recite the fealty oath to their feudal lords, the teachers, and the teachers recite to the administration, and the administration recites to the DEA, and the DEA recites to King George.

Funny, we rebelled against the last King George when he tried to tax tea, never mind banning the addictive caffeine-laden substance. I won't hold my breath, though.