[bl] [Substance Abuse report in the Hong Kong iMail]

[Robert Rivers]

Exactly what "pleasing effect" does rice have on regular users?

Just like the one about voting for Adolf Hitler. It's childish and simple.

Sorry, my BS tolerance is a little low today.

At 02:25 PM 29/08/01 -0400, Bryan Fullerton wrote:
>----- Forwarded message from glen mccready <gkm@petting-zoo.net> -----
>
>Forwarded-by: Jack Machiela <jack@pobox.com>
>
>Taken from the archived Hong Kong iMail column "Out To Lunch" of July
>the 2nd, 2001 ...
>
>http://hk-imail.singtao.com/freezone/feature/nury02july01.html
>
>Did you know that nine out of 10 people who attend rave parties in
>Hong Kong are regular users of a substance called Oryza sativa?
>More than 94 per cent of people imprisoned in SAR jails took sativa
>in the 24 hours prior to committing the crime.
>
>A similar percentage of felons who committed violent crimes in Hong
>Kong had taken sativa before carrying out their attack.
>
>No less than half the children in households of regular sativa-users
>scored below average on intelligence tests. A similar proportion
>of these children were below average height, and their body weight
>was less than the meanfigure for persons of their age.
>
>Where does this threat come from? Sativa was first cultivated in
>China 4,000 years ago, when primitive agriculturalists noticed the
>pleasing effect its consumption had on regular users.
>
>The substance first made it to the West in 1726, when a boat carrying
>Oryza sativa seeds arrived in South Charleston. That first crop,
>which gradually spread throughout the United States, was called
>"Carolina Golde".
>
>Today, sativa consumption is worldwide, with evidence growing that
>it is used in 50 per cent of the earth's communities. However, 90
>per cent of the users are in Asia.
>
>Primitive societies in Irian Jaya and the Amazon basin, who have
>never taken sativa, have virtually no heart disease, no Alzheimer's,
>no AIDS and no Parkinson's.
>
>Given this pile of evidence, what shall we do? Ban the sale of
>Oryza sativa to under-18s. By-laws should prevent sativa use on
>ferries such as the open area at the back. We should prohibit
>advertising of sativa near schools. Let us demand that sativa-free
>areas be opened in all restaurants. We must put a tax on the
>substance to discourage consumption.
>
>Agree with all that?
>
>If you do, you have just banned rice.
>
>[a spin on di-hydrogen monoxide -gkm]
>
>----- End forwarded message -----
>
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Robert Rivers

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity."
                                                  Martin Luther King, Jr.