[Qwinn]

"The idea that he had some 'pain' that required buying narcotics off the street... these ideas would never fly if it were Joe Schmo who was addicted, or worse yet, some liberal."

Perhaps not to the hard-core WoD'ers here. I don't think they're the majority. I could be wrong. Are they? Longer-term Freepers would have to attest to that, I'm too new yet.

There are certainly some posters here who might be subject to the hypocrisy accusation here... BUT, I still don't think we've established that Rush himself deserves the label. If he was playing a victim now, or evading responsibility, then yes, he most definetly would.

Qwinn

[zoyd]

The bottom line for me is that Rush-lovers, and WOD lovers, want to put Rush in a different category than 'other' drug users. It's a farce. He's an addict. A wealthy one, yes. Able to do his job while addicted? Yes. But he's an addict.

There are plenty of coke addicts, speed addicts, pot addicts, and heroin addicts who hold down jobs and commit no more damage to society than Rush, but WOD-lovers want to treat the two very differently. Nobody is calling for Rush to go to prison, or even to be brought up on charges. Everyone is in favor of treatment.

It's funny to me how treatment is scoffed at as a fake liberal panacea to the real ills of drug abuse... until Rush is the one addicted.