"Mr. Bill" wrote:
>
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:49:20 -0800 (PST), merryb >
> wrote:
>
> >OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>
> Nope....when you get to write the check, you get to make the decision.
> This wasn't his first offense....actually, he has a past DUI. He
> just happened to be photographed. Bad timing on his part.


> Kids
> don't need to see their heros behaving in this manor.

Quite the opposite, kids need to see that their "heroes" are real people
too and real people are imperfect. Kids also need to see the evils of
the asinine "war on drugs" as well and perhaps compare it to the equally
asinine "prohibition" for some historical perspective.

Pete wrote on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:29:13 -0600:


> "Mr. Bill" wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:49:20 -0800 (PST), merryb >
>> wrote:
>>
> >> OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>>
>> Nope....when you get to write the check, you get to make the
>> decision. This wasn't his first offense....actually, he has a
>> past DUI. He just happened to be photographed. Bad timing
>> on his part.

>> Kids
>> don't need to see their heros behaving in this manor.

If I were going to boycott Kellogs it would be be because of their
manipulation of the amount in a box without notice. To tell the truth, I
have found store-brand equivalents for all of Kellogs cereals except
All-Bran, which unfortunately, I like. All-Bran has more powdered flakes
than any other I know of. Since I don't like soggy cereal I put All-Bran
thro a strainer when the box is nearly empty and there is often enough
powder for one breakfast.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Pete C. wrote:
> "Mr. Bill" wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:49:20 -0800 (PST), merryb >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>> Nope....when you get to write the check, you get to make the decision.
>> This wasn't his first offense....actually, he has a past DUI. He
>> just happened to be photographed. Bad timing on his part.
>
>
>> Kids
>> don't need to see their heros behaving in this manor.
>
> Quite the opposite, kids need to see that their "heroes" are real people
> too and real people are imperfect. Kids also need to see the evils of
> the asinine "war on drugs" as well and perhaps compare it to the equally
> asinine "prohibition" for some historical perspective.

Hell. He could be a role model for pot smokers. They could see that you
can still smoke pot and do good things. Let's face it, most kids are
going to smoke pot anyway. No need for them them think that it is a one
way trip downhill.