Psychedelic drugs created an entire genre of culture -- psychedelic art and music were landmarks of the '70s, and neo-psychedelic culture can still be seen today. Importantly, psychedelic drugs induced an altered state of consciousness in users, something unique among drugs (other drugs just exaggerate existing states.)
By prohibiting use of psychedelic drugs, the government is prohibiting literally a state of mind. This is real thought-crime. The government is keeping you from altering the way that you think. How about freedom of thought?
Our school has implemented this with the hope of dividing the school into a bunch of "career academies." The idea is that this will make the students feel closer to each other and keep them from alienation. I hate the idea personally, but luckily I missed the year cutoff so I don't have to deal with it. Of course I won't have a shiny sticker on my high school diploma, but I doubt any of the colleges will care. You have kids fresh out of eighth grade deciding what to do with the rest of their lives, with no margin for change of mind. It won't work.
If the Sony guys are still charging 10k for the PSP SDK, then lots of qualified possible winners are going to be weeded out. However, from Sony's perspective, if they released the SDK to the public people would use the emulator that it comes with to play roms and not buy their product. Perhaps they should offer copies to people who they think might do well but can't afford the software.
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Psychedelic drugs created an entire genre of culture -- psychedelic art and music were landmarks of the '70s, and neo-psychedelic culture can still be seen today. Importantly, psychedelic drugs induced an altered state of consciousness in users, something unique among drugs (other drugs just exaggerate existing states.) By prohibiting use of psychedelic drugs, the government is prohibiting literally a state of mind. This is real thought-crime. The government is keeping you from altering the way that you think. How about freedom of thought?
Our school has implemented this with the hope of dividing the school into a bunch of "career academies." The idea is that this will make the students feel closer to each other and keep them from alienation. I hate the idea personally, but luckily I missed the year cutoff so I don't have to deal with it. Of course I won't have a shiny sticker on my high school diploma, but I doubt any of the colleges will care. You have kids fresh out of eighth grade deciding what to do with the rest of their lives, with no margin for change of mind. It won't work.
If the Sony guys are still charging 10k for the PSP SDK, then lots of qualified possible winners are going to be weeded out. However, from Sony's perspective, if they released the SDK to the public people would use the emulator that it comes with to play roms and not buy their product. Perhaps they should offer copies to people who they think might do well but can't afford the software.