The Shrine

Govt -- What Isn't the War on Drugs Doing for You?

Oh, yeah, it's not making you money, and it's pissing off your taxpayers. Fucking morons need to stop declaring war on shit, and start providing real solutions.

I'm for ending the war on drugs too... but there are so many things wrong with this terrible comic I don't know where to start. Let's highlight how drugs aren't bad by giving one poor example of how they helped one person in the last century? At best these people became famous IN SPITE of their addictions (Phelps doesn't count, that's just a horribly misleading statement), not BECAUSE of them.

Most drug addicts don't go on to make great music... most drug addicts sneak into their family members rooms at night and steal everything of value to pay for their drug habit or any a hundred other horrible things for money.

I broke over 50 windows while on Angel Dust, with my fists!

When I was on Coke, I walked into a high class club and slapped the mayor's daughter in the face for a joke

While I was drunk, I stole a cop car and ran it through the front door of a hospital. Then I robbed a doctor who was knocked unconscious; he had over 90 dollars in his wallet.

When I was on acid, I apparently robbed a convenience store for another 232 dollars, 8 people were shot in the process; but since I didn't shoot anyone above the waist, I didn't intend to kill them. That's my defense in court!.

When I was on heroin I chased after a dragon for hours and hours, but I could never seem to catch it.

While on pot, I spent my 367 dollars (from before) on pizza Hut, and the delivery man beat me up because he said I didn't have enough money on me at the time.

So now I take steroids.

Then I ordered Pizza Pizza again, and used Angel Dust again so I could gain my super saiyin powers, and beat the fuck out of the pizza delivery guy in revenge for what he did before. I got 4 free pizzas and another 62 dollars.

To this day, I am still trying to catch that fucking dragon.

Tessian wrote:Most drug addicts don't go on to make great music... most drug addicts sneak into their family members rooms at night and steal everything of value to pay for their drug habit or any a hundred other horrible things for money.

Yeah, but most people don't become musicians, either. Besides Christian Rock (and I'm sure there's something there, too), name one musician genre that wasn't influenced by drugs. Even country had Johnny Cash (coke) and a bunch of drunk guys.

You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight. Take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs and burn them. 'Cause you know what, the musicians that made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years — rrreal fucking high on drugs. The Beatles were so fucking high they let Ringo sing a few tunes.

SineSwiper wrote:

Tessian wrote:Most drug addicts don't go on to make great music... most drug addicts sneak into their family members rooms at night and steal everything of value to pay for their drug habit or any a hundred other horrible things for money.

Yeah, but most people don't become musicians, either. Besides Christian Rock (and I'm sure there's something there, too), name one musician genre that wasn't influenced by drugs. Even country had Johnny Cash (coke) and a bunch of drunk guys.

Instrumental (symphonic) music?

Zeus wrote:Instrumental (symphonic) music?

Bach.

What was Bach on?

Replay wrote:What was Bach on?

That's what I'm wondering.

And if you noticed, I never said "classical" music. This could very easily be referring to John Williams or Howard Shore and not Mozart or Bach

Tessian wrote:Most drug addicts don't go on to make great music... most drug addicts sneak into their family members rooms at night and steal everything of value to pay for their drug habit or any a hundred other horrible things for money.

Not really.

I tried to keep my mouth shut on this, but I can't. I suspect you don't really know very much about the subject, Tess, and are just repeating what parents/authority figures/etc. have said to you on this. I think you're afraid of the concepts involved and would rather repeat the going party line than think about the actual problem.

Bach was on Jesus. It was all the rage when he was popular--all the cool kids would get Jesus and makes some kickin' rad operas, yo. Man, I remember this one party I was at--WOW.

Bach was just like...he'd taken some Jesus before and he just sat down at the piano and was like like "Forsooth a song I shalt nowe playe." which was funny 'cause Middle English was TOTALLY out of use by then. Then he just started playing and shit and the crowd went NUTS! I mean, the Duchess of Canterbury even broke a smile, and one guy closed his eyes and lit a match and just started swaying back and forth.

I woke up the next morning next to a dead concubine, and Bach was gone--said he had to go to "church".

Mainlining Jesus can be REALLY bad, but I don't want to get political about the whole thing so I'll leave it alone.

I meant Mozart, actually, not Bach. The guy was young and crazy, and I'm positive there's some drug use there. If not, the decadent rich life of classical composers means that drug use isn't a stretch.