Friday Fun Link

A primer on Drug War panic for morons in journalism, by Colby Cosh.

Comments

[thoreau]

"Fun" link?

Try more like "depressingly true" link.

[mediageek]

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.

[asterisk]

*Also, he probably means "hobbyist", not the "most hobb".

[Rickey Ramone]

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)

[Rickey Ramone]

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"?

[mediageek]

*Also, he probably means "hobbyist", not the "most hobb".

Ha!

If I ever become a rapper, I will call myself MC Most Hobb

[mediageek]

Also, it seems the link has died.

🙁

[Rickey Ramone]

Link seems to be alive now.