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The Problem With The Internet As Serious Forum
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   Jason Arvak Calling them potheads may have been flippant, though I do not doubt that there are quite a few potheads among them. Criticizing them for their completely whacko priorities and their attempt to hijack an entire forum into their ONE pet issue I do not regret at all. I also stand behind my criticism of the overall pro-legalization movement for letting the actual potheads (and idiots -- I guess alternate causality is possible) consistently predominate with their infantile stunts and bizarre ramblings that mix debate over drugs with other unrelated issues. Or are you expecting me to believe that the number of people who care most about marijuana legalization actually DID outweigh the number of people who care about, you know, millions of lost jobs and trillion-dollar debts on their kids? Perhaps someday soon I will write a post about legalization. And then we can see for ourselves how many "sons of MaryJane" commenters show up and how many serious discussants. My bet is that the proportion of nut cases to non-nut cases will be roughly the same as what happens any time anyone mentions Ron Paul. P.S. Thanks for the cite on the study. I don't think that confusing a visiting professor for an actual professor at Harvard is a particularly egregious error.