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Vaccinated Against Vices?
Smoke Me A Kipper writes "The Independent is reporting that the latest UK government sponsored quango, charged with looking at the problems of drug abuse, is to recommend a national anti-addiction 'vaccination' scheme. Apparantly, trials are already in progress. No details as to whether it would be mandatory. Personally I find such an idea utterly shocking - what happens when you find yourself injured in later life and morphine based painkillers no longer work? I wouldn't be surprised to find existing phamaceutical companies excited by this, having to replace cheap drugs with something new, which they can patent and control."
what year is it? 2004 or 1984? Trying to control us like this will never work!
I totally agree. Never would our ______ President control us this way. Neither would ______, it would be totally _____. Not to mention ______. I'm ____ __ ______ glad I live in this time of _________ __ freedom and democracy.
I highly recommend everyone read 1984. It was all about British people who were fighting this kind of oppressive government.
Why read the book when you already live in it?
Seriously, have you been following the recent development concerning personal liberty, privacy, and civil right issues recently? have you checked how impartial the press is lately?
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
this is totally in the wrong direction. I would think a right leaning person would actually like this idea. afterall, drug use has absolutely no positive impact on the society. its a drain in terms of treatment centers, associated crime and smuggling etc. i am not against milder drugs, but things like heroine and cocaine are evil. they make vegetables out of human beings. So, why not get to the root of the problem? these chemicals dont have any good effect on the humna body. So, just get rid of the possibility. About vaccinating babies: drug use in teen-agers is not a well-informed choice anyway... they are lured by various means, and the decision to do drugs can hardly ever be said a well-educated decision. if they make it mandatory to adults, you have a point. but, i am all for something like this. recreational drugs indeed.
It was a conspiracy, but not in theory. Four states, which happened to be the four states most impacted by the vast numbers of immigrating Mexicans, called for marijuana to be made illegal. At the time, very few Anglo-Saxons had even heard of 'marihuana' and so had no idea whether it should be made illegal or not. After a 30-minute Congessional hearing, it was decided to ban the sale and use of marijuana. Please tell me how a 30-minute Congressional hearing can be enough to decide whether something should be outlawed or not. Millions of Americans have done jail time because of that 30-minute sham hearing. Also, it is fact that Henry Anslinger was told to fabricate information for use in his anti-marijuana 'documentaries.' He freely admits that he had no idea then what marijuana was and that he was told to demonize it, which he did extremely well. Anyone with an inkling of intelligence cannot watch 'Reefer Madness' and take it seriously these days but when it came out many people believed it. Marijuana was criminalized out of fear and ignorance and is kept criminal out of self-interest. No amount of reason, logic, or fact can prevail when the people who are in control benefit from the status quo. It isn't that they actually believe the rhetoric that they try to sell you; reference the DEA's page explaining why marijuana is illegal, and you will find their argument is this: Marijuana is BAD because it's against the law, and it's against the law because it's BAD. The thing is, they know that this doesn't make sense, but they don't care. A lot of pro-legalization people seem to sincerely believe that if only those in power knew the truth, they'd change their ways. They *know* the truth, however, and simply profit too much to care.
http://xkcd.com/386/