tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post4921141201864467998..comments2023-08-23T00:11:34.071+10:00Comments on The Australian Heroin Diaries: Why Christopher Pyne is Dangerous / R18+ Games - Opinion Beats Evidence AgainTerry Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-46761345425979251252014-02-27T10:39:18.565+11:002014-02-27T10:39:18.565+11:00Christopher Pyne is a wanker, he sees the world th...Christopher Pyne is a wanker, he sees the world through his own stupid ideals, and is surrounded by people who are just as incapable as he is. How scary it is that this idiot is now a minister in governmentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-84050807446558481482008-04-02T11:26:00.000+11:002008-04-02T11:26:00.000+11:00Thanks Anonymous."Pyne is a very clever politician...Thanks Anonymous.<BR/><BR/><I>"Pyne is a very clever politician as the quote above demonstrates"</I><BR/><BR/>Isn't that the problem at it's core. Political gain at the expense of common sense and people's lives. I don't get the connection between parents being afraid of illegal drugs/not wanting their children taking them and putting illegal drugs into the hands of the government to manage. Pyne missed the point altogether. Dr. Wodak was explaining that kids will get drugs now whether parents want them to or not. Drug dealers manage the illicit drug market and have no regulation except the "give me the cash". If the government manages it, the dealers go away and the government can stop drugs going to children. The only barrier is what you said ... political interests.<BR/><BR/>BTW, the argument about one drink is OK and doesn't effect you vs. one hit of a drug is instant is bullshit. One glass of alcohol effects your brain and gives you a mild sedation or a mild 'high'. The more you have the greater the mind altering effects. The same with drugs. One puff on a joint gives you a mild sedation or high as well. The more you have the greater the mind altering effects. Nixon put this theory up in the 1970s and was part of his "War on Drugs" argument. It was quickly dismissed. One glass of alcohol is beneficial to your physical health but still you get a mind altering effect ... just like drugs.Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-20583484847133261622008-04-02T10:43:00.000+11:002008-04-02T10:43:00.000+11:00I think you guys need to realise that you represen...I think you guys need to realise that you represent a tiny minority. Parents are afraid of illegal drugs and do not want their children taking them. Pyne, and for that matter Kevin Rudd - a self proclaimed social conservative - will never shift one iota on drug policy. And comparing alcohol and drugs is absurd when you can have one drink of red wine which research suggests is actually beneficial? Compared to a hit of meth? Why do you think politicians keep mentioning "working families" during the campaign - because working families decide elections, not junkies. I’d say Pyne is a very clever politician as the quote above demonstrates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-43958309273332460292008-03-25T17:17:00.000+11:002008-03-25T17:17:00.000+11:00Thanks Daddy DaveI'm not following? Where's the re...Thanks Daddy Dave<BR/><BR/>I'm not following? <BR/>Where's the reference to the religious right and censorship?Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-58445281070394512332008-03-24T12:36:00.000+11:002008-03-24T12:36:00.000+11:00you don't seem to understand the difference betwee...you don't seem to understand the difference between the Religious Right, which is pro-censorship, and the libertarian right, which is anti-government control and anti-censorship, and is with you all the way on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-47442503642005577722008-03-19T15:25:00.000+11:002008-03-19T15:25:00.000+11:00Krypto: Clearly this guy isn't fit to run a model ...Krypto: <I>Clearly this guy isn't fit to run a model train set much less a country</I><BR/><BR/>Very good Krypto.<BR/><BR/>I got so wrapped up in the alcohol regulation argument, I completely missed your point. Likewise Pyne is so brain fucked with zero tolerance he completely missed 2 points.<BR/><BR/>Terry: 1<BR/>Pyne: 2<BR/><BR/>He wins.Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-48796720478203173782008-03-19T15:00:00.000+11:002008-03-19T15:00:00.000+11:00I'm a gamer and I think there is a definite need t...I'm a gamer and I think there is a definite need to have ratings on some of them.<BR/>I really don't think they should be subject to censorship beyond that (unless some sicko designs a game where the object is to molest as many kiddies as possible or re-enact a school shooting or something equally vile).<BR/>I also think most games could benefit from a difficulty rating.<BR/>I think a lot of the problems with video games come about as a result of the gamer becoming frustrated much more so than the actual content.<BR/>I think there is some room to moderate the difficulty level on "easy" settings in a good many cases too. In a lot of cases "easy" just aint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-75695189427715025722008-03-19T14:52:00.000+11:002008-03-19T14:52:00.000+11:00Obviously the mental midget that is Christopher Py...Obviously the mental midget that is Christopher Pyne has never heard of the pharmaceutical poison's schedule.<BR/>"I don't think you should regulate poison because it would be easier to manage it if you did".<BR/>I hate to tell you Chris you buffoon, but we ALREADY DO!!!<BR/>In every state and territory in Australia!!<BR/>It's one of the essential premises of the whole pharmaceutical trade.<BR/>Virtually every medicine IS poisonous, as a matter of necessity it is regulated.<BR/>Clearly this guy isn't fit to run a model train set much less a country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-16276624963259143102008-03-14T11:10:00.000+11:002008-03-14T11:10:00.000+11:00he he he heThe exact regulation of alcohol is the ...he he he he<BR/>The exact regulation of alcohol is the very model he(Pyne) vows never to use.<BR/>WANKERAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-85994027275032217572008-03-14T11:06:00.000+11:002008-03-14T11:06:00.000+11:00Who in their right mind would ever listen to Chris...Who in their right mind would ever listen to Christopher Pyne in opposition?<BR/><BR/>No one listened to him when he was the minister.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com