Monday, March 03, 2014
Ou sont les rayons de lune d'antan?
Old Moonbeam has gone too far in the "clean and sober" direction:
"The problem with anything, a certain amount is okay," Brown said on NBC's Meet the Press. "But there is a tendency to go to extremes. And all of a sudden, if there's advertising and legitimacy, how many people can get stoned and still have a great state or a great nation? The world's pretty dangerous, very competitive. I think we need to stay alert, if not 24 hours a day, more than some of the potheads might be able to put together."In a narrow sense he's right, and insulting his original constituency is rather brave for an American politician. Can't complain there. But if alertness is the crucial variable, why has Calif been in the vanguard on banning tobacco? Everyone has known for 400 fucking years, and "scientists" are even starting to admit ever so carefully, that tobacco keeps you simultaneously alert and calm. That's why soldiers have always been smokers; that's why doctors and nurses until very recently were heavy smokers. Potheads will always be a small segment of the population, and they're not the same people who need to be alert. If you enjoy the mental looseness of a pot high, you were never going to be a competent soldier or nurse. ¶ 7:21 AM
