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[satyrica]

This really really stunned me: why do people attack firecrews?

Surprising less in the intent and more that I'd heard nothing about it was the news that Labour had snuck in legislation to criminalise Magic Mushrooms as Class A drugs just before the end of the parliamentary session. Cos, y'know, we wouldn't want people thinking they could go around eating naturally occurring substances with no proven addictive or harmful qualities and not get equated with people using heroin would we?

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[reindeerflotila.livejournal.com]

* shockage*

[urizen.livejournal.com]

Part one - Buh. What the hell? Bastards!
Part two - Buh. What the hell? Bastards!

[winterdreamer.livejournal.com]

Excelent! does that mean if you find them growing in your garden you're commiting an offence?

how many properties does mr brown own again? *evil thoughts* now lets play hunt the mushers in the politicians gardens and dob them in to the bobbies :D

A completely stupid and uneforcable law typical!

[silver-blue.livejournal.com]

Yesterday a Home Office spokeswoman said people would not be considered to have committed an offence merely for having magic mushrooms growing on their land.

[winterdreamer.livejournal.com]

bummer. i was hopeing it left potential to be an arshole to politicians.

at least i doubt its sensibly enforcable.

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

a Home Office spokeswoman said people would not be considered to have committed an offence

Bollocks to that, the Home Office is not entitled to decide whether it's an offence - the question is what the legislation says. Even if Home Office policy is not to prosecute, that can change at any time on the say-so of the General der Waffen-SS Home Secretary.

[lucifermourning.livejournal.com]

the mushrooms thing at least goes along with what people have been doing for years re: trying to make all sorts of drugs illegal, whether or not they cause harm.
but attacking firemen? what the fuck?

[cyberpunkgrrl.livejournal.com]

The ban, which makes the importation, possession or sale of magic mushrooms pun ishable by a life sentence

???

Life sentence?? That's just fucking stupid ('scuse the language)

*shakes head in disbelief*