Issue 63
News: D.A.R.E. to keep ineffective programs in schools.
I just recently decided to talk about something I haven't taked about for a while now, and that is drugs (and specifically the War on Drugs, or as I call it, Prohibition II: Electric Boogaloo). My stance can be best summed up as: "While there is no doubting that Drugs are harmful, the Government has no right to keep one from doing whatever he/she wants with his own body (especially if the person is of age)." One major facet of this that I will rant against is the Program DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance and Education). One of the major flaws of the program is that, when one compares the students who had DARE and those who hadn't, the students who had the program were ironically much more likely to take drugs (which the program defines as anything from Tobacco to Heroin) than those who hadn't. I had actually taken the program in the fifth grade and for the time being, it seemed to work, but years later, it would have seemed to have backfired as while I don't partake in drugs, I am vehemently opposed to the War on Drugs. There is also one major problem with the problem which proves my point. In the program, there is encouragement to report parents who posess some drugs, or even firearms, without telling them what was to happen to their parents (many of the people who have reported their parents believed they'd get the same treatment they themselves were given in the program) before they were arrested and thrown into prison (It is interesting to note that while Charlie Manson is eligible for parole, even if the likelihood that he will get it is zero, the parents who were arrested were not eligible for parole.) In many of the cases of children turning in their parents, the Children often wind up in therapy for feeling the guilt of having torn their family apart (I argue that the guilt really should fall upon the program). Anyway, the moral of this story is that Drugs are harmful, but a family destroyed by a government program is even worse.
Band name of the Day: The Testicular Sound Express. A name that Peter Griffin suggests giving to the band he formed with his family in the Family Guy episode "Don't Make Me Over".
Film Idea of the Day: For once I have come up with a blank on film ideas.
Film Review of the Day: The Breakfast Club. The film is about five students who don't know each other in a Saturday detention. They seem to appear to each other as one-dimensional stereotypes in the beginning, but the Characters reveal themselves further as the days go on. The film is particularly interesting, not only for its use of character development, in that, unlike most teen movies, it actually gives off the feel of a play adapted for screen (although it was, in fact, directly written for screen, although John Hughes has been asked to rewrite the film as a play, but hasn't.)
Quote of the Day: "I mean if modern day humans have been around for tens of thousands of years, then where are all the skyscrapers from years gone by? Where are all the books and artifacts? Where are the planes and cars?"
__________Supersport, Carm.org Discussion Forums From the site below.
Link of the Day: Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
I just recently decided to talk about something I haven't taked about for a while now, and that is drugs (and specifically the War on Drugs, or as I call it, Prohibition II: Electric Boogaloo). My stance can be best summed up as: "While there is no doubting that Drugs are harmful, the Government has no right to keep one from doing whatever he/she wants with his own body (especially if the person is of age)." One major facet of this that I will rant against is the Program DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance and Education). One of the major flaws of the program is that, when one compares the students who had DARE and those who hadn't, the students who had the program were ironically much more likely to take drugs (which the program defines as anything from Tobacco to Heroin) than those who hadn't. I had actually taken the program in the fifth grade and for the time being, it seemed to work, but years later, it would have seemed to have backfired as while I don't partake in drugs, I am vehemently opposed to the War on Drugs. There is also one major problem with the problem which proves my point. In the program, there is encouragement to report parents who posess some drugs, or even firearms, without telling them what was to happen to their parents (many of the people who have reported their parents believed they'd get the same treatment they themselves were given in the program) before they were arrested and thrown into prison (It is interesting to note that while Charlie Manson is eligible for parole, even if the likelihood that he will get it is zero, the parents who were arrested were not eligible for parole.) In many of the cases of children turning in their parents, the Children often wind up in therapy for feeling the guilt of having torn their family apart (I argue that the guilt really should fall upon the program). Anyway, the moral of this story is that Drugs are harmful, but a family destroyed by a government program is even worse.
Band name of the Day: The Testicular Sound Express. A name that Peter Griffin suggests giving to the band he formed with his family in the Family Guy episode "Don't Make Me Over".
Film Idea of the Day: For once I have come up with a blank on film ideas.
Film Review of the Day: The Breakfast Club. The film is about five students who don't know each other in a Saturday detention. They seem to appear to each other as one-dimensional stereotypes in the beginning, but the Characters reveal themselves further as the days go on. The film is particularly interesting, not only for its use of character development, in that, unlike most teen movies, it actually gives off the feel of a play adapted for screen (although it was, in fact, directly written for screen, although John Hughes has been asked to rewrite the film as a play, but hasn't.)
Quote of the Day: "I mean if modern day humans have been around for tens of thousands of years, then where are all the skyscrapers from years gone by? Where are all the books and artifacts? Where are the planes and cars?"
__________Supersport, Carm.org Discussion Forums From the site below.
Link of the Day: Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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