Logic-injection site - nicely phrased comment

Kamloops, B.C. -- In disagreeing with the B.C. Supreme Court judge's decision to protect Vancouver's safe-injection site, Margaret Wente argues that the real solution is to stigmatize the "crack whores" like we do the smokers, for their own good. Isn't the logic a little loose here? Society stigmatizes the act of smoking because it thinks smokers should know better. Society stigmatizes "crack whores" because it thinks they are a pathetic bunch less worthy of kindness and support. How many readers can honestly say they see humanity in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside?

Human dignity is a value central to our Constitution. It informs and is informed by every Charter right we know. Thus, Mr. Justice Ian Pitfield was not creating a "constitutional right for addicts to shoot up"; rather, he was recognizing that our community's collective dignity was being threatened by our government's disregard for human life.