Peter Hitchens makes a good point about Brand not being able to deal in anything other than generalities though... good will, benevolence, etc are attitudes not plans/strategies... and aren't easily tied to a dollar figure... which is what the CRUX of the debate is about... some people place more value on $, some on compassion


Peter Hitchens tries to feign compassion by saying if drug addiction affects one family of course they care... well, compassion isn't compassion if you limit it only to yourself or those that directly affect you... REAL compassion isn't delimited by whether or not you know the person in question or not... REAL compassion is self-less

when the jingle in your pockets affects your "compassionate" view... you don't have a very compassionate view in the first place ( i guarantee some blockhead will try to take this to an extreme, such as "then why don't you give up all your money to help those less fortunate than you" instead of realizing that's not then end of the spectrum where my arguement comes from... it actually comes from reality where people don't wanna have to give up luxury [as opposed to necessity] to help someone that they can just as easily ignore or vilify)

and while the comment earlier about incarceration in the US is "somewhat" on the mark, lets not forget that the US prison system exists as it is primarily because its a private, for profit, industry... which shapes drug policy (gotta have your customer base - i mean inmates)

criminalization has always had an impotent effect on controlling drugs... from prohibition to THE WAR ON DRUGS (and the resulting chaos one finds in Mexico because of it)

there are PLENTY of countries that currently use legalization/rehabilitation as a much better deterrent/control; but we don't want to talk about those... because someone is making money of keeping them illegal, and where'd the poor politicians get their kickbacks from then?

Heh heh, no worries dude
In reply to this comment by lurgee:
damn, you blew your load out on that one. do you need a cigarette and a redbull to revive yourself?
cheers matey. we should do another 80's music themed lounge in the future. i will work on a playlist. ;
In reply to this comment by Barseps:
*70s
*Doublepromote for the nostalgia

damn, you blew your load out on that one. do you need a cigarette and a redbull to revive yourself?
cheers matey. we should do another 80's music themed lounge in the future. i will work on a playlist.
In reply to this comment by Barseps:
*70s
*Doublepromote for the nostalgia

@graterbot loves English bands of the early 80s particularly Madness and Ian Dury and the Blockheads (but @siftbot isn't cool enough to know them)

>> ^lavoll:

hit me with your rythm stick


m'kay

>> ^Trancecoach:

Needs more Snoopy and Woodstock


They probably figured they had enough "wood stock" as is.

Your video, Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

>> ^Yogi:

Why is a blood clot silly?


clot
–noun
1.a mass or lump.
2.a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood.
3.a small compact group of individuals: a clot of sightseers massed at the entrance.
4. British Informal . blockhead, dolt, clod.


^ :>

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5 minutes of training for situations like this and the blockhead goons could have enjoyed the nice day they keep talking about.

Thank you, mon ami!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Can't give it another * quality, so all I can do is give it a blockhead *promote.

Thanks Snoop Dogg!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Can't give it another * quality, so all I can do is give it a blockhead *promote.

Can't give it another * quality, so all I can do is give it a blockhead *promote.

Congrats on the gold star, blockhead! Don't break it!

YouTube description:

Gumby first appeared in the 1953 film short Gumbasia (believed to be one of the first music videos). In 1956, Gumby and his horse friend Pokey appeared on The Howdy Doody Show. It was so popular that it became its own show in 1957, called The Gumby Show. The show contained the 1956 shorts along with new ones. Each episode consisted of 3 cartoons. In the 1960s Goo the blue mermaid, Prickle the yellow dinosaur, and Nopey the dog were introduced. Later came the Blockheads, who sometimes chased after Gumby, Pokey, Prickle, and Goo with some scheme in their block heads. Gumbo and Gumba were Gumby's Father and Mother