China seems to have an insatiable demand for ivory. I’ve been reading articles in the last few weeks discussing how ivory carvings in China are so popular that a huge market has grown up for illegal elephant tusks. African elephants by the thousands have been killed to satisfy the demand. How can Chinese people be so short-sighted and so stupid as to doom these elephants for some decorative trinkets?
My intention was to lambaste China for being so selfish and shortsighted. Then I thought about Mexico. 30,000 Mexicans killed in drug wars. People decapitated. Villages terrorized. Government officials corrupted. And for what? So American drug addicts can put cocaine up their noses or inject some heroin into their veins.
I have no sympathy for ivory carvers. But I also have none for drug addicts. If you want to get high, buy a bottle of vodka. It’s legal and you won’t be destroying a county. If you like the thrill of illegality, grow your own marijuana. There is no excuse whatsoever for destroying a country to feed some drug habit or killing elephants to satisfy a desire for ivory. No excuse whatsoever.
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