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  • Immortal Keith Richards says drugs are alright, anti-drug groups collectively flip out. :)

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #5010  by Ganath
 Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:45 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://entertainment.news.com.au/common ... >Heh...</a>

Immortal Keith Richards says drugs are alright, anti-drug groups collectively flip out. :)</div>

 #5011  by Eric
 Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:59 pm
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Hey Sine did you hear that? That means if you if ever develop a script that makes you millions don't say that! :)</div>

 #5018  by the Gray
 Wed Feb 19, 2003 4:47 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Young people listen to Rolling Stones? Young as in 40 somethings?</div>
 #5023  by SineSwiper
 Wed Feb 19, 2003 6:00 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>And now here's some more infinite wisdom from Bill Hicks:

<i>"Drugs have done good things for us. 'What do you mean, Bill?' Well, if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor, then. Go home tonight, take all your albums, your tapes, and your CDs, and burn 'em. Because, you know what? The musicians who made that great music that has enhanced your lives throughout the years: real fuckin' high on drugs." The Beatles: "They were real high, they wrote great music: drugs had a positive effect" (RV). Keith Richards: "You never hear the Surgeon General mention Keith, do you? Oh -- a little hole in the theory there!" The crime of the War on Drugs was that it churned out mystifying propaganda while burying points of view that were valid, however thorny: "Keith Richards is shooting heroin into his eyeball, and is still touring. All right? I'm getting mixed signals" (D). Thus, no matter its ends, the corrupt means of the campaign were suppression and disinformation at the expense of knowledge and experience: "The extent of our drug education is a slogan. 'Just Say No' -- that's our drug education. To me, 'Just Say No' is very closed-minded -- the opposite of open-minded, the opposite of learning. See, all my friends, and myself -- we Just Said Yes, and I guarantee you, we learned a whole bunch about drugs." Not a popular admission -- sorry -- but it was the truth. Moreover, it enabled a perception that might credibly challenge the status quo: "Why is the drug czar of this country a cop? Why isn't he instead someone who's been through recovery, who has had an alcohol and/or drug addiction and overcome it?... Putting sick people in jail -- does that make sense?"</i></div>

 #5024  by SineSwiper
 Wed Feb 19, 2003 6:05 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.resonatorsoft.org/temp/BillH ... .mp3">Bill Hicks, our Lord and Savior, talking about drugs...</a>

And if you don't fucking get it, here is The Man talking on MP3. This is 11 minutes of infinate knowledge of TRUTH! Amen, Brother Hicks!</div>

 #5029  by Ganath
 Wed Feb 19, 2003 8:34 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Really? Shit man, I look pretty fucking good for being fourty! :)</div>

 #5038  by Anarky
 Thu Feb 20, 2003 2:20 am
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>i always thought u looked like hell =p and caddy geez! (jared from subway is not much better, lol robs nickname)</div>

 #5041  by Ganath
 Thu Feb 20, 2003 3:13 am
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Bite me! If I looked as bad as you say I could go out and buy some booze, no questions asked! :)</div>

 #5042  by G-man Joe
 Thu Feb 20, 2003 8:32 am
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Sine will be giving his children crack and cocaine as Christmas presents when they're 13 yrs old so they can be like Keif Richards. =8^)</div>

 #5046  by ManaMan
 Thu Feb 20, 2003 9:38 am
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Dude, Keith Richards does not have anything close to a "normal" job/life. In his world it is possible to do what he did. However he is the exception to the rule.</div>

 #5072  by Caddy Dud
 Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:25 am
<div style='font: 10pt Arial, Tahoma, Geneva; text-align: left; '>Hey! Wait... you're right... no one ever does check me for ID... hmmm...</div>

 #5073  by Ishamael
 Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:28 am
<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>The most potent anti-drug campaign would feature poster of Keith Richard's face over a line that reads "Do you want to end up looking like this?".</div>

 #5078  by SineSwiper
 Fri Feb 21, 2003 1:11 am
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Why bother when we load our kids up with chocolate and Mountain Dew?</div>
 #5080  by SineSwiper
 Fri Feb 21, 2003 1:23 am
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Ultimately, the message is that if Keith Richards can do THAT MUCH DRUGS and still live, then maybe doing a little bit of drugs isn't as life-threatening as the government makes it out to be. Shit, they are probably still showing those videos about how one can of beer can cause a fatal car accident.

The government has waaaay too much of a black and white view of things when it comes to sending a message, mostly because the public is too fucking stupid to interpret a message with two conflicting themes. Unforunately, since the public WANTS less responsibility with themselves, their lives, and their bodies, the government will continue to lead them around like little sheep and sic the sheepdog on anybody that strays from the path. "Shut up! Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control. Here's Love Connection. Watch this and get fat and stupid. By the way, keep drinking beer, you fucking morons!"</div>