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The Grateful Dead vs. Archive.org
An anonymous reader writes "E! Online has an article about friction between archive.org and the surviving members of the Grateful Dead. They have come to an amicable understanding after some confusion involving online bootlegs." From the article: "A week after some of the surviving members of the Grateful Dead ordered a nonprofit site to remove free downloads of the seminal jam band's concerts--sparking massive online backlash and a Deadhead petition calling for a boycott of all band-related merchandise--the band has reversed its position. 'The Grateful Dead remains as it always has--in favor of tape trading,' spokesman Dennis McNally tells the Associated Press. "
Get it at archive.org:g _dead
http://www.archive.org/details/night_of_the_livin
What did the dead head say when he ran out of LSD?
Man, this band sucks!
Just curious... Since the Constitution says that the powers enumerated therein are all of the powers of the Federal government and that all other powers are reserved for the States and the People... Which Constitutional power gives the Federal government the right to control what people ingest?
Fascist.
FC Closer
You don't even drink coffee ?
You must be new here.
IMHO:
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do you drink or smoke? if so, you're argument is very hypocritical.
posted anonymously because you did.
Q: What did the deadhead say when he ran out of weed?
A: Dood, these guys suck!
Sig cannot be found.
Aww, why was this modded flamebait? I love that joke.
I hate drugs and I think that even the harmless ones end up being a gateway -- especially when there is no roadblock from trying more.
I assume you are referring to marijuana, widely regarded as the most harmless illegal drug. The "gateway" meme was started in the mid 20th century after the public stopped buying claims that marijuana turned users into crazed murderers and rapists. The only 'evidence' cited is that a high percentage of heroin users tried marijuana before becoming addicted to heroin, however anyone with an even elementary understanding of science knows that does not prove causation.
There are far more users of marijuana than heroin. Why aren't they all junkies? Alcohol is arguably more addictive and harmful to the body, is it also a "gateway" to the hard stuff? How can you justify its continued legality?
drug use does become an interstate problem at many levels and as such is in the realm of the federal
If there were no drug prohibition, how would drug use be "an interstate problem at many levels"? As you said earlier in your post, let people kill themselves if they like.