Glowsticks & water are drug paraphanilia
Jun. 29th, 2001 12:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
devilgrrlNow, I remember what I wanted to say...
I found an article last night on Salon. Please take the time to read the article now...
What the fuck...? Glowsticks are drug paraphenalia, as is unlimited drinking water and chill rooms, where people can go and cool off for a bit, according to a new law in New Orleans and a couple other cities. The new laws also prohibit groups like DanceSafe from being at raves and from ambulances from being onsite in case something happens. Their reasoning? If those items are present, kids will think it's ok to do drugs.
How does this make any sense? I wonder if these morons making the laws have ever danced before, anywhere? I know that this week-end, at Dawn's wedding, where there were no drugs at all, I drank an obscene amount of water. I also had to step outside a few times to cool off. I consumed no alcohol and took no drugs. I was overheated from dancing.
I don't understand how these idiots think that this is somehow going to make drugs less prevelant. It's just going to make it more dangerous. I mean, what's better, having a kid OD on extasy and having an ambulance be right there or having the kid die before anyone could get to her/him because, according to the law, if there were no ambulances, kids would not do drugs.
It's the same logic that people are using with sex education. Teaching kids about safe sex, giving them access to condoms, and teaching them about contraception is the reason why kids are fucking. If you only teach abstinence, kids will not have sex.
Hello, Mr. Bush? Were you ever an adolescent boy? I bet no one taught you about jacking off, but you did it anyhow. It's the same way with sex. In fact, I bet your daughters are out there, sleeping with guys (or girls) regardless of what they're telling you, or how often you told them to wait until marriage.
It's the same way with drugs. Kids will do them, no matter what. I'm not saying that it's right, or that they should, but it will still happen. It's just a matter of how safe they will be when, not if, they do it.
I guess we should start arresting kids on Halloween who carry glowsticks. And anyone who dares to drink water. I guess this makes every house with water in it a crack house. And let's abolish hospitals. Not only do they have ambulances, but they treat drug overdoses!
Sieg heil, Fuerher Bush. Are you watching me yet, Big Brother?
I found an article last night on Salon. Please take the time to read the article now...
What the fuck...? Glowsticks are drug paraphenalia, as is unlimited drinking water and chill rooms, where people can go and cool off for a bit, according to a new law in New Orleans and a couple other cities. The new laws also prohibit groups like DanceSafe from being at raves and from ambulances from being onsite in case something happens. Their reasoning? If those items are present, kids will think it's ok to do drugs.
How does this make any sense? I wonder if these morons making the laws have ever danced before, anywhere? I know that this week-end, at Dawn's wedding, where there were no drugs at all, I drank an obscene amount of water. I also had to step outside a few times to cool off. I consumed no alcohol and took no drugs. I was overheated from dancing.
I don't understand how these idiots think that this is somehow going to make drugs less prevelant. It's just going to make it more dangerous. I mean, what's better, having a kid OD on extasy and having an ambulance be right there or having the kid die before anyone could get to her/him because, according to the law, if there were no ambulances, kids would not do drugs.
It's the same logic that people are using with sex education. Teaching kids about safe sex, giving them access to condoms, and teaching them about contraception is the reason why kids are fucking. If you only teach abstinence, kids will not have sex.
Hello, Mr. Bush? Were you ever an adolescent boy? I bet no one taught you about jacking off, but you did it anyhow. It's the same way with sex. In fact, I bet your daughters are out there, sleeping with guys (or girls) regardless of what they're telling you, or how often you told them to wait until marriage.
It's the same way with drugs. Kids will do them, no matter what. I'm not saying that it's right, or that they should, but it will still happen. It's just a matter of how safe they will be when, not if, they do it.
I guess we should start arresting kids on Halloween who carry glowsticks. And anyone who dares to drink water. I guess this makes every house with water in it a crack house. And let's abolish hospitals. Not only do they have ambulances, but they treat drug overdoses!
Sieg heil, Fuerher Bush. Are you watching me yet, Big Brother?