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A comment on Howard Marks obituary: 'Britain's most charming drug smuggler'. Parent comment
I agree. I had the same reaction when I first heard about the cosy nickname for England's own ISIS terrorist, "Jihadi John".
knowingly caused a great deal of violence and human misery [and then] having the audacity to blame the laws of the time for the violence in his trade
As another commenter noted, public opinion is shifting in favour of his assessment about drugs.
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I agree. I had the same reaction when I first heard about the cosy nickname for England's own ISIS terrorist, "Jihadi John".
knowingly caused a great deal of violence and human misery [and then] having the audacity to blame the laws of the time for the violence in his trade
As another commenter noted, public opinion is shifting in favour of his assessment about drugs.