Historical inaccuracies in movies
Yahoo recently assembled a list of historically inaccurate films. The lack of accuracy, especially in films where history plays a central part, is worrisome. Click here to read the article.
DUDE! Jamaica makes the news, considers legalizing Cannabis
So the buzz (get it? LOL!) around town has to do with the recent news of Jamaica considering the legalizing of Cannabis, a.k.a, marijuana, weed and ganja (ganja appears to be a word from the Hindi language, LOL!).
For the benefit of everyone out there in Internet land, I took it upon myself to wade through and retrieve some of the more interesting (and funny) ones:
"its about time. legalizing it will do wonders for its tourism based economy. it makes financial sense." [NOTE: Here in Barbados, our economy is largely based on tourism, too... ;-)]
"man, it might as well be legal there it almost falls out of the sky."
"I know where I'm going for spring break!"
"Dreadlocks - check Back catalogue of Bob Marley - check Passport - check"
"hahahaha, I always thought is was legal there. I guess it was a good thing I did not get caught when I was there last."
"Whoa.... it's not yet legal?"
"I read this thinking they legalized cannibalism. Pot makes soooo much more sense."
"That rustling you hear is the sound of hundreds of thousands of people in the US packing their bags for the last time."
and finally, how about this beauty:
"If you can't get pot in Jamaica you're retarded. It's EVERYWHERE. From the baggage handler when I stepped off the plane to even the tennis pro at my hotel was offering me it - AND I WAS A TEENAGER. Alert to authorities - POT IS EVERYWHERE and the only people in jail must have been trying to sell it to a judge...IN THE COURTROOM ...DURING A TRIAL...WHILE UNDER OATH....WHILE SOME "MORAL" TV REPORTER WAS PRESENT."
Amit is...
1. thinking (which is his default Facebook message).
2. reading Sophie's World. Part fiction, part non-fiction (IMHO). The fictional bits tell the story of Sophie, a girl who learns Philosophy via a correspondence course. The non-fictional bits cover the history of Philosophy (for the benefit of Sophie and the reader). In addition to that, there are also short introductory books on Logic and Philosophy, as well as Warburton's 'Philosophy: The Basics,' to finish reading.
3. suggesting that if you want to know and understand why anyone would want to study Philosophy in the first place, then you should ask Google and spend at least fifteen minutes reading through the reasons and responses.
4. not a Fatalist and does not believe in Fatalism. Go on, click the link. Worst case, you can impress your friends by learning a new word or two. Best case, you'll learn something new and interesting (after reading it, can you see any connections between free will and the movie, The Matrix?).
5. preparing to read up on the next module in the Durham MBA (Managing Information: part information systems, part statistics).
Please do not send me any junk mail, especially the Viagra or Cialis stuff.
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