If you duck the evidence you are living in a dream

How else to describe the Harper conservatives and their reaction to the recent release of a survey done by the B.C. society for excellence in HIV/AIDS showing that there has been an increase in the use of hard drugs such as crack cocaine and methamphetamine.There was a reduction in the sharing of needles but there was a need for another safe injection site and a need for a similar room for the consumption of cocaine.The governments reaction was,of course,to ignore the report in the hope that it and others like it will go away.Put your head in the sand and then deny that you've seen or heard of any such studies.Attack the science,place dogma above research and continue to feed people the same tired old lies that the right has been using to further this useless and costly drug war.Pure Straussian avoid,deflect and when all else fails lie and continue lying like it was truth itself.I'm sure you've seen the plan in use in the debate over the Afghan detainees.There is no doubt that everyone knew there because we had read and been told as much a long time ago and it's SOP in Afghan prisons.For Peter McKay to claim he was never told defies belief,unless he plugged his ears and shouted :"don't tell me don't tell me".It's not something beyond belief,as this government is the government of deniers.They are always apologising for their insults to one group of Canadians or another for insulting remarks.Apologies that always sound about as sincere as the rest of their lies.