Sex, lies and e-mail (A lonely mother's fantasy life becomes her daughter's appalling reality)

Charlotte Observer ^ | Oct 19, 2001 | ELIZABETH LELAND

[That Poppins Woman]

Do you partake of beer, wine or alcohol?

Do you find any benefit from these? If you don't partake of them, do you find any benefit from those things of which you do partake, e.g., chocolate?

Is there a difference between those who partake of beer on a Friday night and those who partake of gin 8 times a day?

Is there a difference in the benefit to one's life between a glass of wine with dinner, and a fifth of scotch a night?

If you cannot distinguish between use and abuse, you have no business in this discussion, and you're just playing mind games.

Abuse has rarely, if ever, provided benefits.

[That Poppins Woman]

Have you ever watched a movie in which Nero fiddled while Rome burned?

Criminalization provides profits for the black market. Organized crime and terrorists capitalize on the black market.

Name two scotch or rum or gin distilleries that are funneling funds to the terrorists' networks. Name me 1 Napa winery that is.

You appear to be the one fiddling.

[Don Myers]

"If you cannot distinguish between use and abuse, you have no business in this discussion, and you're just playing mind games. "

Mary, I have no business discussing drug usage with a drug user, anyway. It is a total waste of time.

[Don Myers]

"Criminalization provides profits for the black market. Organized crime and terrorists capitalize on the black market. "

Mary, I think that you are grasping at straws here.

[Don Myers]

BTW, Mary, what do you think about the moral decay of our civilization, and degradation of the environment?

[That Poppins Woman]

Ah ... personal insults ... the last refuge of those who cannot defend their stands.

I just won. Thank you.

[That Poppins Woman]

Turkey has already done the leg work tracing both drugs and funds back to bin Laden's network.

If you're going to insist on arguing for the Drug War, do us all the courtesy of catching up, and keeping current with efforts in support of it.

[Snardius]

And just who is this vision of loveliness?

[That Poppins Woman]

what do you think about the moral decay of our civilization, and degradation of the environment

Indubitively caused by insane drug war advocates, who insist on rule by fiat in the case of drugs, and protest against it when the government wholesale snatches lands for conservation.

[Publius6961]

That you can't believe how people describe themselves on the internet. And that there are some sick puppies out there.

You're right. It's remarkable how many people on the net believe it.

[Snardius]

She's a beauty...

[rintense]

It does kinda look like me... from the neckline up anyway. ;)

[Don Myers]

"personal insults "

Mary, what personal insults????

[Don Myers]

"do us all the courtesy of catching up, and keeping current with efforts in support of it."

Mary, we are not going to legalize drugs because someone is making a profit from it. And Bin Laden will soon be a footnote in history.

[Don Myers]

"Indubitively caused by insane drug war advocates, who insist on rule by fiat in the case of drugs, and protest against it when the government wholesale snatches lands for conservation."

Mary, thank you. I just got home from work, and it was a long day. I needed this laugh. Thanks.

[That Poppins Woman]

Always glad to help!