Sedition4Dummies

Still no takers for the Great Marijuana Challenge

I'm still unable to find a drugwarrior willing to take me up on the Great Marijuana Challenge. My position remains the same - marijuana is far less harmful than the overwhelming majority of socially approved intoxicants. People who say this isn't true are either lying through their teeth or stupid fucking morons.

But you don't have to take my word for it - I'm willing to PROVE the validity of my position through the following experiment.

You supply the weed, and by all means, make it the potent, kick-ass bud you can find. I'll supply a sealed bottle of good ol' government-approved EverClear grain alcohol, complete with seal of approval, a.k.a. tax stamp.

You drink, I'll smoke. I'll match you toke for sip. We'll continue until one of us drops dead.

Gee, wonder who that will be?

I've made this challenge more times than I can recall, and have yet to find a taker. The only reason I can see for this lack of confidence is that drugwarriors know they're a pack of lying little cocksuckers who couldn't tell the truth if their lives depended on it.

Until you're willing to put your money where your mouth is, shut the fuck up with your ignorant bullshit about how "dangerous" marijuana is.

Those obsessed with leaving a legacy may wish to reflect on the fact that Hitler, Stalin, and Jack the Ripper are all well-known historical figures.

There are much worse things than being a nobody.

"The defintion of insanity is when you do the same things over and over, yet expect a different result."

This is what I like to call a "Limbaughism" - a pseudo-proverb that sounds true on first hearing, but contains a basic logical flaw.

How do you become more proficient at a given activity? Answer - you practice. What is practice if not doing the same thing over and over? And expecting a different result - that you'll eventually become skilled at it.

Question conventional wisdom. Life is far too complex to be easily condensed into pithy little quotes.

Pencils down, please.

And the correct answer is:

C) Napolean's defeat of the Prussians at the Battle of Jena in 1806

In this battle, the largely conscripted troops of the Prussian army broke and ran, refusing to stand and give their lives fighting for a country and a leadership to which they held no particular allegiance. The Prussian leadership was aghast. In an effort to deal with this problem, they started the first state-run compulsory schools. Prior to this event, schools were either affiliated with a church or they were private institutions.

The Prussian mandate gave control over the education of children to the state rather than parents. By requiring the children to begin schooling while still young and impressionable, spoon-feeding them pretty much whatever the authorities wanted was simple. (this is where our "kindergarten" comes from) The state also began controlling the licensing of teachers, further assuring that only approved viewpoints would be taught.

So that's why we're mostly good little citizens, doing our duty as it's been taught to us since childhood. Our programmers have become quite good at their jobs, to the point where it's rare indeed that an individual is able to overcome their conditioning. Most people go to their graves still believing what they were fed as chldren.

Lesson One - Pop Quiz

Which event of the 1800s had the most effect on the current US school system?

A) the founding of the NTA (forerunner of the NEA) in 1857
B) publication of the first McGuffey Reader in 1836
C) Napolean's defeat of the Prussians at the Battle of Jena in 1806
D) the U.S. Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896

Answer in the next post