A winnable war eh? Bronwyn Bishop has found one. Indeed, one we've been losing for over 50 years. From the ashes of the shattered psyche shall rise the Phoenix of happy children and perfect families: beneficiaries of Australians wielding Morality. Such is the thrust of the Report on The Impact of Illicit Drug Use on Families. We shall do this because the use of drugs indicates a prior dysfunction in the family. If a drug user is in ones family, ones family is the cause. Bronwyn's going to help.
In a stupefying checklist of evidence rejection Bishop has proven her laziness and impotence as an independent thinker, and reinforced how darn smart Howard was to dump her from portfolios: twice. Her new battle flag - Harm Prevention - exists as a single PDF on Drug Free Australia's website. Her insouciant use of DFA, and by extension, abuse of vulnerable and superstitious minds extends as far as speaking DFAlish herself.
Firesnake touched on Bishops pre-determined agenda on
April 18th and expressed dismay at the biblical doom that awaits our poor continent. Fire, brimstone, turning to sand dear reader. Yeah verily, I say to thee: turn not back to look at the MSIC or NEP premises, or digest advertising or wear a condom. Woe betide the evil Syrup. Drink not of stability. For hearken: Albert Reece noted at the time, "there are consequences", to Methadone.
Bishop has taken on DFA's "catch me if ya care" approach. Conflicts of Interest between DFA, Bishop and Crusading Moralism render this posturing in an effort to please her PM, quite pathetic. The entire might of Harm Prevention - a single page requesting one's details - is parroted by Bishop as some contribution - not the verbal plagiarising of one ambitious single page.
Campaign to Refocus Australia's Illicit Drugs Policy to "Harm Prevention" is the single title on the DFA PDF [May 10. 2007].
"We want a Harm Prevention Campaign" announces Bishop with the integrity of a back room dealer. Perhaps the chosen mode of societal regression here is personal experience for proponents. DFA fellows, associates and exact phrasing is cited over 100 times in the report. Alex Wodak scores a whopping 15, as he brought nothing but evidence, and these citations are used to colour in the conspiratorial "drug industry" revelations.
Others who respect evidence supporting Harm Reduction were also assumed to be "pro-drug". The use of evidence to attack Harm Minimisation and insouciantly dismiss the experiences in submissions that accept the evidence of Harm Reduction is a standout feature. These poor souls are of course misled by the band of international research fellows intent on bringing Earth to it's knees. Wodak is one, it came out in the bowels of Parliament. Seemingly intent on quality research, progressive thinking, economic policy rationale and compassion, he has continued in this most unhelpful heathenism of effortlessly educating Australians.
And now, they've started to think. For themselves, no less! That's as Un-Australian as power walking in a non-Aussie tracksuit. Far better to ignore the intractable, escalating and horrific outcomes of prohibition. The global drug industry is, quite seriously, something we must not shirk from understanding. It holds the esteemed status as a member of the tripod of the stand on which our fragile globe spins. Arms, Oil, Illicit Drugs.
It is not however, the proper term to describe those who have taken a stride ahead. Cannabis is easier to purchase than tobacco. It's perceived as less damaging, and available with no checks, advice, prior awareness, images, ID requirements and help lines enforced by law under Harm Minimisations Harm Reduction concept, as with cigarettes. It is erroneous to cast such progressive reasoning as "pro-drug" and attempt to cast those who seek trials of regulation as "for drug legalisation". Why bother examining the intricacies of illicit drug economics, when we have a real life conspiracy that is aiming to sell Ice to kids. To legalise drugs.
Many drugs are of course already legal. Heroin is a medication prohibited 54 years ago. It's proven disastrous. Trials for addicts run similarly to methadone maintenance indicate greater efficacy at addressing lifestyle, community contribution, crime and even the buzz word of the decade: Families. But we can't have an illicit seen as a health issue. Next thing backyard shed grade Meth' will be on sale at McDonalds. Surely that's what these "evidence proponents", as they've been called, want.
So it's War, Goddamnit! But not just any War. A Winnable one! Assuming Aussies won't take part in waging war on the Oil industry [if there's room for another one] or buy arms from the global arms trade to wage war on the global arms trade, we may indeed have the resources. But where to start? What the heck would 20 million people fall for after Iraq, AWA's, Immigration, Refugees, our shiny new presence on Amnesty HR watch, or Howards moral relativism and bed rolling with cashed up god-botherers?
Why, the family. Fair bet most of us have or had one. Now that we wield morality, we shall not speak of how families come to be, but we will control how they exist. In fact, we'll qualify them.
Inexplicably, Bronwyn Beehive - our assistant for the CPDCT awards - is absent from the Humble Firesnake Holeplex. So, in view of spare time we have replaced the Clear and Present Danger to Critical Thought, with a live cross to Beehive Island.
We cross live via satellite to Agent FS, holed up in a bunker Apocalypse Now style, to bring us the first reports on secret trials of Harm Prevention.
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