Tales from the Tubes — 11/10/09
11Oct. 09
- Prohibition: It works, dammit!
- Nothing is sacred.
- On race.
- Why we don’t have jetpacks.
- CAAAAAAGE MAAATCH!!!
The observant among you will notice the time of this post…
EDIT: This is what happens when I try to be smart and tired at the same time. Sorry about the late update — the very observant among you will figure out why pretty quickly…
Tags: Links, Tales from the Tubes
October 12th, 2009 at 10:09 am
“He says it is sad that violence and anti-social behaviour in Perth has reached a point where the laws are necessary.
“It is giving quite extraordinary powers to police but police will operate under their own guidelines and protocols,” he said.
“It will not be abused.“
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As Nixon aide John Ehrlichman said: ”Look, we understood we couldn’t make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalise their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be, but it was such a perfect issue for the Nixon White House that we couldn’t resist it.” [Fairfax: 24/09/2009]