Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: But seriously, drug policy, in reply to Russell Brown,
The study, published in the Lancet, shows daily cannabis users under the age of 17 were 60 per cent less likely to complete high school or attend university and were nearly seven times more likely to attempt suicide.
I’m curious as to which is the cause and which is effect. Perhaps those with suicidal tendencies try weed on the way to their destination, and find it deficient in resolving their perceived problems. Perhaps the losers in the education lottery turn to pot to soften their harsh reality.
I stress that I don’t know the answer, but I do wonder if the questions are being asked. The fact that the study is listed in the psychiatry section of the Lancet troubles me a little – if you go hunting for dysfunction, you’ll find it. I’m not hugely in favour of kids having drugs, just as I’m not down with them having grog. I just hope the study is being solidly peer-reviewed because it’s the sort of thing that policy gets based on and it needs to be right. If kids are already failing within the system and are turning to drugs because of that, what needs to be fixed is what’s causing them to fail, not their habit.
[edit] and I see others share my apprehension. Remember, the Lancet published Wakefield's MMR nonsense as well as much reputable stuff.
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So often, when one argues with "people of faith", bad faith is the only way they know...
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Dinah Dunavan,
I know it is horribly pedantic thing to point out, but… the Hannah Playhouse was called that from when it was built. From memory it replaced Downstage Theatre, but names being what they are everyone kept calling it Downstage, or was it the company that was called Downstage?
It has always been the Hannah Playhouse. Downstage used to use the coffee house that previously stood there for performances, and the Playhouse was built for them to be the principal tenant. They never owned it - it has always been owned by a trust. There's a good, concise history on Venueweb.
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Speaker: Telling Our Own Tales, in reply to Greg Dawson,
Have we found Jason Ede?
Nah, He's living it up with Carmen Sandiego.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to BenWilson,
And reductio ad absurdum is the best coup de grace to that modus operandi. But aegrescit medendo, and optimi natatores saepius submerguntur. So pax melior est quam iustissimum bellum.
Vestri mileage variari
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Speaker: Telling Our Own Tales, in reply to BenWilson,
More telling to me is the identical use of …… dot dot dot everywhere.
Which is kinda what "can’t work ellipses" means...
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Roger Lacey,
Can we move the discussion on rather than get bogged down in futile, point scoring semantics?
The ugly truth is that this is Ugly Truth's modus operandi
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Speaker: Telling Our Own Tales, in reply to Trevor Nicholls,
I'll say goodbye, even though I'm blue...
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Up Front: Oh, God, in reply to Rich Lock,
We prefer to be called ‘people of compulsory masturbatory habits’ these days, thanks.
Surely, it's a "lifestyle choice"?
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Sacha,
uncovered meat, on the other hand..
Yeah, that shit should be soooo illegal...