Comments on: More fun with bad OpEds http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/ by Pete Guither Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:57:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: XXX http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4561 XXX Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:27:08 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4561 This article is written by an opinionated freshmen in college who feels the need to go on some self-righteous crusade to denounce people he has encountered in class that he hasn't bothered to understand or befriend. (He is also straightedge, not that I have a problem with that, a lot of my best friends are as well.) Thusly, this article deserves no real response from any free thinking individual. Soon enough, little Jason Swift will grow up and learn to respect other peoples personal decisions that don't affect him(not that I'm advocating him selling out, if straightedge is what he finds is right for him then I think that's awesome). It'd just be nice to see someone who can advocate their own personal philosophy in a civil, coherent manner. After wading through the stereotypes and general distaste for others in this article it is easy to see Jason Swift's hopes for this article were for nothing more than a flame war. Good game Jason, you just successfully trolled teh inturwebs. This article is written by an opinionated freshmen in college who feels the need to go on some self-righteous crusade to denounce people he has encountered in class that he hasn’t bothered to understand or befriend. (He is also straightedge, not that I have a problem with that, a lot of my best friends are as well.)

Thusly, this article deserves no real response from any free thinking individual. Soon enough, little Jason Swift will grow up and learn to respect other peoples personal decisions that don’t affect him(not that I’m advocating him selling out, if straightedge is what he finds is right for him then I think that’s awesome). It’d just be nice to see someone who can advocate their own personal philosophy in a civil, coherent manner. After wading through the stereotypes and general distaste for others in this article it is easy to see Jason Swift’s hopes for this article were for nothing more than a flame war. Good game Jason, you just successfully trolled teh inturwebs.

]]> By: Kozmo http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4315 Kozmo Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:38:51 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4315 It appears to me that "an agent that distances the user from the world, from the totality of reality as it exists" is the air that James breathes. One has to live in a cave with no contact with any other living being to actually believe that crapolla james. It appears to me that “an agent that distances the user from the world, from the totality of reality as it exists” is the air that James breathes. One has to live in a cave with no contact with any other living being to actually believe that crapolla james.

]]> By: Servetus http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4297 Servetus Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:21:17 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4297 Fear is not normally associated with martyrdom. But as part of his martyrdom, the future Saint James of Kennesaw State University is terrified to set foot inside a modernist, cosmopolitan drug culture. Helping dissuade him, his insular culture has provided any number of convenient stereotypes to fear the ‘other’, in this case the ever-scapegoated drug customer. Saint James’ question: <i>How efficient is a half-baked construction worker, huh?</i>; reminded me of a cannabis fan and carpenter I knew who discussed his experiences with a housing project that had hired three separate work crews. As it turned out, one carpentry crew was made up of speed freaks, one consisted of heroin addicts, and the third crew were Mormons—probably polygamists, and in either event, whether LDS or FLDS, groups known to generally abhor or not use drugs. The speed freaks and heroin users also smoked pot. In terms of measured completion time and efficiency, the heroin addicts were number one, the polygamists a distant second, and the speed freaks were dead last. In the rarified space that Saint James inhabits, his chances of encountering or predicting similar incidental facts about construction workers, or any other member of the working class, is academically limited. And in any case, people truly familiar with drugs know that ignorance will not lead to bliss for Saint James. Fear is not normally associated with martyrdom. But as part of his martyrdom, the future Saint James of Kennesaw State University is terrified to set foot inside a modernist, cosmopolitan drug culture. Helping dissuade him, his insular culture has provided any number of convenient stereotypes to fear the ‘other’, in this case the ever-scapegoated drug customer.

Saint James’ question: How efficient is a half-baked construction worker, huh?; reminded me of a cannabis fan and carpenter I knew who discussed his experiences with a housing project that had hired three separate work crews.

As it turned out, one carpentry crew was made up of speed freaks, one consisted of heroin addicts, and the third crew were Mormons—probably polygamists, and in either event, whether LDS or FLDS, groups known to generally abhor or not use drugs. The speed freaks and heroin users also smoked pot.

In terms of measured completion time and efficiency, the heroin addicts were number one, the polygamists a distant second, and the speed freaks were dead last.

In the rarified space that Saint James inhabits, his chances of encountering or predicting similar incidental facts about construction workers, or any other member of the working class, is academically limited. And in any case, people truly familiar with drugs know that ignorance will not lead to bliss for Saint James.

]]> By: Cta http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4247 Cta Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:09:11 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4247 I would love to see him write a piece like that after someone planted some herb inside his luggage at an airport. Preferably in some bassackwards Asian country. I would love to see that smug smirk then.. I would love to see him write a piece like that after someone planted some herb inside his luggage at an airport. Preferably in some bassackwards Asian country. I would love to see that smug smirk then..

]]> By: Nick Zentor http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4245 Nick Zentor Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:33:32 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4245 The author of this OpEd needs a lot more than his tires slashed. I don't believe he's anywhere near as "hip" or "cool" as he tries to make himself out to be. If he was he wouldn't be peddling such B.S. The author of this OpEd needs a lot more than his tires slashed. I don’t believe he’s anywhere near as “hip” or “cool” as he tries to make himself out to be. If he was he wouldn’t be peddling such B.S.

]]> By: DdC http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4207 DdC Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:58:26 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4207 "...the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races." - Harry J. Anslinger “…the primary reason to outlaw marijuana
is its effect on the degenerate races.”
- Harry J. Anslinger

]]> By: Joel http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4205 Joel Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:14:20 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4205 Reading this OpEd was like trying to put together words that were formed out of a mouthful of Alpha-Bits Cereal! Or maybe he shredded a bunch of dictionaries to form sentences with the words that fell together? Painful to read, indeed. Reading this OpEd was like trying to put together words that were formed out of a mouthful of Alpha-Bits Cereal! Or maybe he shredded a bunch of dictionaries to form sentences with the words that fell together? Painful to read, indeed.

]]> By: Cata http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4204 Cata Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:11 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4204 No don't give that 'poor kid' a break. If he's going to write as a journalist thats big adult like stuff, therefore, he needs to put under the same scrutiny a real journalist would be. Check his sources and facts and you'll find most of his blather consists of outdated studies and ridiculous stereotypes about 'slacker potheads'. No don’t give that ‘poor kid’ a break. If he’s going to write as a journalist thats big adult like stuff, therefore, he needs to put under the same scrutiny a real journalist would be. Check his sources and facts and you’ll find most of his blather consists of outdated studies and ridiculous stereotypes about ’slacker potheads’.

]]> By: Duncan http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4201 Duncan Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:43:57 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4201 C'mon, give the poor kid a break. Gosh, when I think back to when I was that age I recall believing some doozies myself. Please disregard this note if it turns out the piece was satire. Alas, I think that hope forlorn and misplaced. C’mon, give the poor kid a break. Gosh, when I think back to when I was that age I recall believing some doozies myself.

Please disregard this note if it turns out the piece was satire. Alas, I think that hope forlorn and misplaced.

]]> By: Load Bongs not Guns http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/11/more-fun-with-bad-opeds/comment-page-1/#comment-4195 Load Bongs not Guns Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:21 +0000 http://www.drugwarrant.com/?p=4852#comment-4195 Don't smoke or do any drugs James you don't have any braincells to spare. Have a worse day. Don’t smoke or do any drugs James you don’t have any braincells to spare. Have a worse day.

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