Friday Fun Link

Matt Welch | 8.12.2005 6:23 PM

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

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thoreau 20 years ago

"Fun" link?

Try more like "depressingly true" link.
mediageek 20 years ago

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 20 years ago

*Also, he probably means "hobbyist", not the "most hobb".
Rickey Ramone 20 years ago

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 20 years ago

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 20 years ago

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

Ha!

If I ever become a rapper, I will call myself MC Most Hobb
mediageek 20 years ago

Also, it seems the link has died.

🙁
Rickey Ramone 20 years ago

Link seems to be alive now.

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