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Bluelighter
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So how many people here get involved in debates about drug issues in the comments sections of news.com.au, ABC news and the like? I often used to attempt to post my opinions on news.com.au but rarely bother these days as they seem to censor my posts any time I create (imo) thoughtful ones.
Any time I read the comment sections it is usually the same types of comments there. Some fool always says we should have Singapore like drug laws, a bunch of other morons will give us anecdotes about their sister's friend's cousin's boyfriend who was a heroin addict and because of that we should go to jail for life if we try Cannabis or MDMA. Sometimes I think ah well, everyone is entitled to an opinion, no matter how ill-informed it is. But then I think no, fuck that. These people vote, and that impacts MY life. If they have such strong opinions on drug use, they should at least justify them with facts. (which they can't, because their opinions are based on media hysteria and they wouldn't know how to find other information a topic to save their life)
Do you think we can have any impact on public opinion by putting our point of view out there?
I started thinking about this after reading some of the comments section of the article in this thread: http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=460937
There are a few good comments there. I suspect some of them could be from bluelighters.
Warning, "inept's" posts are so stupid you may go blind if you read them.
should have been a poll
Any time I read the comment sections it is usually the same types of comments there. Some fool always says we should have Singapore like drug laws, a bunch of other morons will give us anecdotes about their sister's friend's cousin's boyfriend who was a heroin addict and because of that we should go to jail for life if we try Cannabis or MDMA. Sometimes I think ah well, everyone is entitled to an opinion, no matter how ill-informed it is. But then I think no, fuck that. These people vote, and that impacts MY life. If they have such strong opinions on drug use, they should at least justify them with facts. (which they can't, because their opinions are based on media hysteria and they wouldn't know how to find other information a topic to save their life)
Do you think we can have any impact on public opinion by putting our point of view out there?
I started thinking about this after reading some of the comments section of the article in this thread: http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=460937
There are a few good comments there. I suspect some of them could be from bluelighters.
Warning, "inept's" posts are so stupid you may go blind if you read them.
should have been a poll