Cuthbert Thistlethwaite wrote:

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> Gregory Morrow wrote:
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>>But what is really disgusting is that people are so quick to give him a pass
>>on this one.
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> What is really disgusting is not that many people don't care about
> Phelps' bong, but the stubborn persistence of booze-soaked, cross-eyed,
> religion-addled republican "values". Red-nose lush family values.
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> I have long wondered whether bone-head religions cause heavy drinking,
> or whether heavy drinking causes bone-head religions. It might be sort
> of a mix, back and forth, in a vicious and endless causal circle.

From a strictly medical standpoint I've seen lots of people drink
themselves to death. In point of fact, to kill yourself with weed you'd
need about a three hundred pound bale, hoisted approximately 50 feet up
then have it dropped directly onto your head.

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>>Phelps, like it or not should realise he has a responsibility to
>>set an example just because of the mere fact he is a public figure.
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> Phelps' example is fine: He appeared to be using the bong perfectly
> correctly.
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> As for Kellogg's, I had some Nutrigrain cereal bars in the cabinet,
> which I cut up and mixed into the bird seed. The downtown Chicago birds
> will think it's a nice treat. And I wrote Kellogg's and told them where
> I put the Nutrigrain, and where to shove their prissy religious and
> republican horse crap.
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> The whole thread's off topic, but I hope this helps.

What I wonder is exactly who is making their purchasing decisions based
on dumbass crap like this? Am I more likely to buy cornflakes because
Phelps is on the box? Uh, nope. Am I less likely to buy cornflakes
because he was photographed doing bong hits at a party? Nope.

Phelps is irrelevant to me, except that I feel sorry that he's been hung
out to dry for something that I suspect that a whopping percentage of
Americans under 50 would have to cop to, hand up, in front of God.

I'd much rather know who is blowing off health inspections, ignoring
reports of salmonellla contamination and doesn't worry much about rodent
droppings in their product.