Matt Welch | August 12, 2005
A primer on Drug War panic for morons in journalism, by Colby Cosh.
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|8.12.05 @ 7:05PM|#
"Fun" link?
Try more like "depressingly true" link.
|8.12.05 @ 7:16PM|#
I've linked his article to a local news forum run by a hobbiest* that is frequented by some of the local news personalities.
*By hobbiest, I mean news stalker. Meta-paparazi, if you will.
|8.12.05 @ 11:04PM|#
*Also, he probably means "hobbyist", not the "most hobb".
|8.13.05 @ 3:30AM|#
IF A RECREATIONAL DRUG:
...is illegal; you can frighten people because if they use it, YOU CAN PUT THEIR F***ING ASSES IN JAIL!! The rest of us should be frightened too because our money will be wasted doing it.
Rick Barton
(using my Friday fun link screen name)
|8.13.05 @ 3:54AM|#
IF A RECREATIONAL DRUG:
...is taxed, you can frighten people by...Oh wait, if the government is making money from it, they won't want to frighten people about it.
Who was it who said: "Scratch the surface, and the government is indistinguishable from an organized criminal class"?
|8.13.05 @ 1:15PM|#
*Also, he probably means "hobbyist", not the "most hobb".
Ha!
If I ever become a rapper, I will call myself MC Most Hobb
|8.13.05 @ 1:16PM|#
Also, it seems the link has died.
:-(
|8.13.05 @ 1:47PM|#
Link seems to be alive now.