It’s weird for it to be going on at the same time as North Park’s new city-wide ad campaign, which Alyssa Gerace just published a story on.

I wouldn’t go for the “dining dollars” scheme, though. It definitely, obviously would cost students more $/ounce, so to speak. You lose the effective cost benefit of a cafeteria over restaurants, and the minor flexibility just appeals to modern kids’ spoiled nature.

Your thinking is grass will always grow, cutting it down is futile because there will an “influx” of grass growth. So therefore perhaps its better to just do nothing. But what would happen? The garden would go out of control! Is it futile to cut grass when it grows? No! Why? Because even though it will grow again you can at least control it and keep the garden from getting too out of control.
Is it futile to wage a war on drugs and terror? No, because even though there will be more drugs, doing nothing would lead to world out of control. I think you have a wrong view of the world.

Is this in reference to Iraq or Afghanistan? I would like to read more of an elaboration from you on this. Partly because I don’t want to make an assumption on your behalf. An estimated 95,000-103,000 civilians have died thus far in Iraq alone since our entrance into the Iraqi conflict. This isn’t to say every death was at fault of the US, I’m sure many had to do with insurgent efforts against the US. I’d like to read your thoughts on this matter? I think it’s very important to know other’s ideals with such an instance. I’d like to leave you with a quote from Howard Zinn: “We must understand the pain and anguish that people feel. We can understand, too, the cry for punishment and revenge. But we mustn’t let that immediate emotional reaction govern what we do, which should be based on a thoughtful assessment of how we can prevent further violence..whether by terrorists or governments”

Fiftly, to say that the war on drugs is futile is to do a grave disservice to all the neighborhoods and people that have been rescued from the grip that drugs has on society. Shame on you.

Shame on me? Do you really think there will be a day when the US government will say “we’ve gotten all the terrorists”? I’m relating to the war on terrorism to the war on drugs because no matter what effort is made, it will not stop the influx of such uncontrollable outside variables. I think your view of the world is quite skewed if you don’t think the war on drugs is futile. No matter what the DEA does there will always be a massive influx of narcotics coming into this country and that’s something you need to realize. That however, is besides the point.

I feel like we’re having a good discussion here, and I look forward to hearing what you have to say.

It’s nice to see someone else recognize this logic. Declaring a war on terrorism is both immoral and unconstitutional. I have huge problem with a “war on terrorism” and that is that I think it’s equally as futile as a “war on drugs”. I think everyday we occupy someone else’s land, governing their people, we create a new terrorist everyday. I think the United States really needs to focus on our foreign policy more.