Comments on: Mad Mullahs Lead the Way in Just and Realistic Drug Policy http://thestressblog.com/2008/06/27/mad-mullahs-lead-the-way-in-just-and-realistic-drug-policy/ Scott Horton\'s Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Oscar Goldman http://thestressblog.com/2008/06/27/mad-mullahs-lead-the-way-in-just-and-realistic-drug-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-44685 Oscar Goldman Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:43:14 +0000 http://thestressblog.com/?p=2748#comment-44685 Every time I look at the non-science headlines, the world increasingly takes on a "t<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Absurd" rel="nofollow">heater of the absurd</a>" quality.  It is becoming like rather amusing performance in the sense that I cannot for the life of me figure out what is going to happen next.  What a perverse thought, though, in the face of such awesome human misery and wasted lives... Every time I look at the non-science headlines, the world increasingly takes on a “theater of the absurd” quality.  It is becoming like rather amusing performance in the sense that I cannot for the life of me figure out what is going to happen next.  What a perverse thought, though, in the face of such awesome human misery and wasted lives…

]]> By: james http://thestressblog.com/2008/06/27/mad-mullahs-lead-the-way-in-just-and-realistic-drug-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-44682 james Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:02:37 +0000 http://thestressblog.com/?p=2748#comment-44682 The Islamic punishment for someone who takes drugs is 40 lashes, not jail. The Islamic punishment for someone who takes drugs is 40 lashes, not jail.

]]> By: evilpaul http://thestressblog.com/2008/06/27/mad-mullahs-lead-the-way-in-just-and-realistic-drug-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-44638 evilpaul Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:53:48 +0000 http://thestressblog.com/?p=2748#comment-44638 Those crazy Mullahs! Don't they know that locking people in cages where they're raped and tortured (and have lots of access to hard drugs) is the most wise and humane way to treat drug users? It's for their own good! Toilet wine and PCP changed my life! On a more serious note, any chance Gareth Porter will be on tomorrow? He had an interesting article on AWC a few days ago. Those crazy Mullahs! Don’t they know that locking people in cages where they’re raped and tortured (and have lots of access to hard drugs) is the most wise and humane way to treat drug users? It’s for their own good!

Toilet wine and PCP changed my life!

On a more serious note, any chance Gareth Porter will be on tomorrow? He had an interesting article on AWC a few days ago.

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