Where a Puff of Marijuana Is the Ultimate Power-Up

New York Times ^ | March 17, 2005 | Steven Totilo

[ClintonBeGone]

Because 10s of thousands of corrupt narcs is a worse plauge than any drug.

Sounds like you have a problem with authority. Did someone rat you out in high school for smoking in the bathroom? You only dislike them because they represent an obstacle to getting a fix - not exactly compelling testimony on your part.

[Freebird Forever]

A more realistic game in which the player is the Beltway lobbyist for a Drug Lord, and has to logroll the deals between lawmakers to ensure maximum cash-flow and influence

I just finished reading a book on the pharmaceutical industry which exposes that very thing.

Quite revealing actually.

[Cyber Liberty]

You are the reason most people stay away from the WOD threads.

I didn't say where I stand one way or another on WOD, and you already have me in the "them" camp.

[ClintonBeGone]

I didn't say where I stand one way or another on WOD, and you already have me in the "them" camp.

There's plenty of bandwidth here for you to correct the record.

[Wolfie]

Not being a gamer I don't really see the appeal of a video joint. I'll stick to the real thing.

[headsonpikes]

I've always wondered how someone from your side of this debate sleeps at night knowing that not only have they not contributed in any meaningful way to stem the flow of illegal drugs, but they do everything in their power to advocate spreading their use.

Well, I've never wasted much time wondering how you lot sleep o' nights.

Intellectual bankruptcy coupled with moral decay will induce unconsciousness in most anybody.

In any event, I really do not see how you can have the gall to call it a 'debate'.

[eno_]

Nope. I have not smoked pot since 1977. Never even been hassled about it.

You, on the other hand, like the tasty tang of jackboot leather on your tongue, or you ride the Drug War gravy train yourself.

For about 150 years we didn't need a Drug War or any of the invasive crap that goes along with it. Are we freer now, or before?

I dislike cops because I must pay them, and they do basically nothing.

[eno_]

Ah yes, another Drug War benefit: We get to pay Medicare to keep people on happy pills, as long as the Right People get their cut.

[Rebelbase]

[Cyber Liberty]

There's plenty of bandwidth here for you to correct the record.

No. I refuse. It is not for me to correct a record screwed up by the likes of you.

[ClintonBeGone]

No. I refuse.

<--This is your brain on drugs.

[eno_]

Oh great, now the school is going expel my daughter for her "Got Buffs?" tee shirt.

[Freebird Forever]

as long as the Right People get their cut.

It matters not whether one is referring to prescription drugs or recreational substances. The right people always get their cut.

That system has been in place ever since England went to war with China over drug turf.

[Know your rights]

As I said, the pro-WOD frothers hijacked it first.

[Skooz]

Nope. Post 40 proves you wrong.

One of the two factions, either the rabid pro-WOD or the rabid anti-WOD, was bound to ruin the thread the way they always do.

In this case, it was the latter. Sometimes it is the former.