tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592239604136907392.post3400408091058921714..comments2024-02-13T03:44:31.734-05:00Comments on The Chicken's Consigliere: Save the Elephants Takes on a Whole New MeaningChickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609788440028784698noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592239604136907392.post-76326602905029634082014-08-01T07:02:41.997-04:002014-08-01T07:02:41.997-04:00Hi Doug-it is sickening. It's also pretty bal...Hi Doug-it is sickening. It's also pretty ballsy. I wouldn't want to deal with a jonesing human addict, never mind an 4 ton elephant. I think Jayne is on to something, as well.Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609788440028784698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592239604136907392.post-68062959749516428942014-08-01T06:55:47.723-04:002014-08-01T06:55:47.723-04:00HI JayneI-I know - I messed up my blog and it'...HI JayneI-I know - I messed up my blog and it's kind of irreparable, I think:-) I deleted something I should not have. Anyway...I've wondered if making then al legal would help, as well. On the plus side, it might keep some people out of it and cut down on the violence that comes with the trade. And I completely agree about the prison system. It makes everything worse. The only thing that bothers me is that many people get addicted to legal prescription drugs first. And they may have started them for legitimate reasons. Something is wrong there. That shouldn't happen. Big Pharma is responsible for some of this problem and they are so greedy they don't really care who they hurt. And your mind is big and beautiful. Don't be so humble:-)Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609788440028784698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592239604136907392.post-40647869272799675772014-07-31T22:58:50.123-04:002014-07-31T22:58:50.123-04:00OK, this is my third try at saying something about... OK, this is my third try at saying something about this. Here goes:<br />First, I agree with injaynesworld above about prohibition laws. And second, I have seen a LOT of illicit drug use in my life, and a lot of damage in the lives of the users and their loved ones, but I have never heard of anything more deserving of the term "abuse" than this. <br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592239604136907392.post-2603468867350526452014-07-31T16:17:30.750-04:002014-07-31T16:17:30.750-04:00I haven't been around because your notificatio...I haven't been around because your notifications in my sidebar haven't been updating. Damn! Well, I'm here now. The U.S. War on Drugs has done nothing but make things worse both here and in the countries where children are not trying to escape. People who want to use are going to find a way to get what they want. I say legalize, regulate and tax them. Same with prostitution, by the way. We would decriminalize a whole bunch of people who should not be in the prison system and save ourselves the judicial and enforcement expenses that keeping them there costs the taxpayers. Just my humble opinion.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592239604136907392.post-16527230925312036612014-07-31T13:52:42.754-04:002014-07-31T13:52:42.754-04:00Sorry Jenny. You are right, though, the good guys...Sorry Jenny. You are right, though, the good guys give us hope, and good and evil would cease to exist if they didn't have each other to bounce off of.Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609788440028784698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592239604136907392.post-47092626290486819702014-07-31T13:51:23.609-04:002014-07-31T13:51:23.609-04:00Nope, no one envisions growing up to be an addict ...Nope, no one envisions growing up to be an addict and yet it's an epidemic just the same. It's touched my life more than once. I'm sure everyone knows someone. It's just sad and so not funny. although Urban Outfitters seems to think it is. I'd stop shopping there but I've never shopped there, so I can only share this: http://theweek.com/article/index/220370/racist-navajo-attire-and-7-other-urban-outfitters-controversiesChickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609788440028784698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592239604136907392.post-91018376169574203332014-07-31T13:29:27.498-04:002014-07-31T13:29:27.498-04:00The only thing that keeps me from throwing myself ...The only thing that keeps me from throwing myself off a tall building in despair at what humans can do is knowing all the good that other humans do. <br /><br />Human beings who are cruel, who have no conscience or compassion, who use other animals (human or not) for their own pleasure or enrichment, are the lowest of the low.<br /><br />No, I have no ideas. I think there will always be bad people in the world. All human beings have the potential to do good and to do bad, and sometimes its hard to understand why some go one way and some go the other. Deterrence is about the only weapon I see, since I don't believe in corporal punishment.<br /><br />Crap. Now I'm all wound up!<br /><br />jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2592239604136907392.post-31092667565541155172014-07-31T09:27:21.954-04:002014-07-31T09:27:21.954-04:00Addicted elephants aren't funny. Addicted any...Addicted elephants aren't funny. Addicted anything isn't funny.<br /><br />Dammit, Chick-Chick.<br /><br />I've known a number of addicted people in my life (which is what you get when you listen to people: their stories) and none of them wanted it/saw it coming/could control themselves.<br /><br />But addicted elephants? Man, that is a special level of effed up. That kind of cruelty to animals defies description...<br /><br />Pearl<br />Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.com