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Title: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: TheBadger on September 15, 2013, 09:09:01 AM
Are drunks really just better people? You decide.
http://nationalreport.net/alcohol-vs-marijuana-drunks-just-better-people/
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: PabloMack on September 15, 2013, 12:01:34 PM
I have heard a lot of propaganda from people wanting to legalize Canubis.
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: dandelO on September 15, 2013, 12:42:29 PM
Michael! That's a spoof website, right? I really hope so, otherwise, I despair at the author. That is the most ignorant anti-drugs article I've ever read, if it is indeed a serious write up.
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: yossam on September 15, 2013, 01:12:13 PM
Reefer madness.................... ::)
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: cyphyr on September 15, 2013, 01:30:53 PM
Picture of Sarah Palin on the header should give it away as spoof.
I nearly fell for it too :)
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: TheBadger on September 15, 2013, 01:44:04 PM
HA HA HA!! Yeah, it got me too.

I was looking for information about how to deal with a feral cat nuisance, and found this: http://nationalreport.net/how-to-trap-kill-feral-cats-restore-bird-populations-prevent-disease/
I thought it was real until I realized I was laughing. I would normally not have a giggle at these topics, so thats what tipped me off.
By the time I started reading the comments below the article I was laughing so hard I thought I would burst. People would get so into the ideas in the story that they would post before investigating the site. Read the comments.

Anyway, I thought the drug one was more topical for most people. But the cat one is much more funny... Albeit a little gruesome.
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: dandelO on September 15, 2013, 02:01:26 PM
For a while there I wasn't sure, I've been reading 'Creationism.net' for a laugh this last couple of days, so I know there are actual serious people out there writing equally, if not more, ridiculous information!
And also, when I viewed the above link it was formatted for quick mobile viewing so all I saw was the text, no silly pictures of Sarah Palin, and I didn't go looking around for any more stories either. That's my excuse! :D
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: PabloMack on September 15, 2013, 04:30:48 PM
Quote from: cyphyr on September 15, 2013, 01:30:53 PM
Picture of Sarah Palin on the header should give it away as spoof. I nearly fell for it too :)

I don't think it's a spoof. I just took it as an article written by someone with a strong bias in a publication with the same bias. The author obviously overlooks the many well-documented counters to his argument but his point is well taken. I have seen much of the same kind of pro-marijuana propaganda but I'm not inclined to choose this as one of my battlegrounds.
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: TheBadger on September 15, 2013, 04:55:22 PM
Pablo, many of the writers on the site are from "the daily show" and The Colbert Report", there are a number of other well known humorists and satirists there. It is a kind of "onion".

Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: PabloMack on September 15, 2013, 09:52:33 PM
Are you telling me that the whole website "http://nationalreport.net/" is a kind of "National Lampoon"?
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: DannyG on September 16, 2013, 06:52:31 AM
That made me spit up my beer
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: TheBadger on September 16, 2013, 10:24:16 AM
Quote from: PabloMack on September 15, 2013, 09:52:33 PM
Are you telling me that the whole website "http://nationalreport.net/" is a kind of "National Lampoon"?

National Lampoon! I have not seen a printed thing from them since I was in high school. Loved NL!
But yeah, thats the ticket.


Guantanamo Bay Empty – Remaining Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Pardoned By President Obama
http://nationalreport.net/guantanamo-bay-empty-pardoned/

And one of my personal favorites!
Sandra Fluke Reveals Plan To Beat "World Group Intercourse Record" As Protest Against Slut Shaming
http://nationalreport.net/sandra-fluke-protest-slut-shaming/

This one is a bit of fun
Tupac Gay Rumors Resurface – Former Homosexual Companion Comes Forward With Alleged Love Letters
http://nationalreport.net/tupac-gay-rumors-resurface/

DISCLAIMER: National Report is not intended for readers under 18 years of age.
Title: Re: Alcohol vs Marijuana
Post by: inkydigit on September 17, 2013, 01:35:02 PM
Lol! I nearly blew my bong out!!!;D