Winners don't use drugs!
Apr. 28th, 2004 04:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatSo, when you get an automated phone menu, how come none of the options ever include the one that you want?
Okay, that was my Stupid Nineties-Style Observational Humor for the day. Now for the main part of the entry.
I haven't seen this week's American Idol yet, but I did see last week's results show, and I must say I wasn't pleased. Jennifer should have been in the Top Three. I guess it's like Kent Brockman said: democracy doesn't work!
Sunday's Simpsons episode was pretty good, although there were a few loose ends they didn't bother tying up. Most importantly, where was Maggie throughout the majority of the plot? They also dropped the Grampa subplot pretty early on.
Beth and I also watched the latest episode of Penn and Teller's Bullshit!, where they argued that people should be allowed to do drugs. I've addressed the drug issue on here before, and, while I'm quite opposed to drugs in and of themselves, they made some good arguments. Perhaps most importantly, I don't know that more people would do drugs if they were legal. Some might, and I could see the government not wanting to endorse their use. On the other hand, legalization would cut into the black market, and let the police focus on more significant problems. It's not like it isn't already easy to obtain drugs. The show was obviously limited in what it could address, but it often limited itself to marijuana, which is probably one of the less dangerous drugs out there. As Beth pointed out, it might have been nice for them to have said more about harder drugs, and made more of a case for legalizing them.
Today is my mom's birthday. It's also the birthday of Terry Pratchett, Jay Leno, and Saddam Hussein. Interesting combination, eh?
Okay, that was my Stupid Nineties-Style Observational Humor for the day. Now for the main part of the entry.
I haven't seen this week's American Idol yet, but I did see last week's results show, and I must say I wasn't pleased. Jennifer should have been in the Top Three. I guess it's like Kent Brockman said: democracy doesn't work!
Sunday's Simpsons episode was pretty good, although there were a few loose ends they didn't bother tying up. Most importantly, where was Maggie throughout the majority of the plot? They also dropped the Grampa subplot pretty early on.
Beth and I also watched the latest episode of Penn and Teller's Bullshit!, where they argued that people should be allowed to do drugs. I've addressed the drug issue on here before, and, while I'm quite opposed to drugs in and of themselves, they made some good arguments. Perhaps most importantly, I don't know that more people would do drugs if they were legal. Some might, and I could see the government not wanting to endorse their use. On the other hand, legalization would cut into the black market, and let the police focus on more significant problems. It's not like it isn't already easy to obtain drugs. The show was obviously limited in what it could address, but it often limited itself to marijuana, which is probably one of the less dangerous drugs out there. As Beth pointed out, it might have been nice for them to have said more about harder drugs, and made more of a case for legalizing them.
Today is my mom's birthday. It's also the birthday of Terry Pratchett, Jay Leno, and Saddam Hussein. Interesting combination, eh?
