On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 01:53 PM, Eric Cordian wrote:
Oh, the Humanity...The pundits are already using the tag line: "Dude, you're getting a cell!"
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/10/dell.dude.arrest/index.html
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Benjamin Curtis, better known as the "Dell Dude" from
the computer company's television commercials, was arrested Sunday while
he allegedly attempted to buy marijuana on Manhattan's lower east side.
Of course, he won't do jail time. He'll get "diversion" and will do public service announcements. "Dude, this is your brain on pot!"
In this age of the War on (Some) Dictators and the War on (Some) Drugs, the persecutors have to pick their targets for maximum effect. Hence the impending life sentence for the Berkeley guy who committed thoughtcrime by writing books and articles about growing marijuana.
--Tim May
