On 14 Jul 2009 14:18:39 GMT, fburton@nyx.net (Francis Burton) wrote:

>>There is *lots* of fun in downloading movies, as well as editing your
>>own versions.  One DVD I had included in its "bonus features" several
>>scenes that had been cut from the released movie.  I spent a few
>>pleasant hours splicing those scenes back into the movie at the
>>relevant places and making a DVD that was not available *anywhere*
>>else.  I thought that a couple of the cut scenes made for a much
>>better understanding of the movie by a person seeing it for the first
>>time.  In another movie I swapped a couple of the scenes around in a
>>way that IMO made for better continuity and understanding.  I tried to
>>do the same recently for "The Dark Knight" - but that movie is *so*
>>jumbled and incoherent  that I was unable to make it any more
>>understandable.

>Or one could have fun reversing the chronology of events, as
>in Memento or Irreversible (or making forward-running versions
>of such films).

Or splicing scenes from different movies that have the same actors, to
make a *very* confusing result!

-- 
Cynic

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:34:34 +0100, "Aidy" 
wrote:

>> Prohibition is the only thing related to drugs that is destroying society.

>But the purchase of illegal drugs *is* destroying our society.

Let's assume that that is true.  You have previously agreed that with
legal goods such as booze and cigarrettes, the illegal sales amount to
only a small fraction of the total.  Therefore, removing prohibition
will reduce the amount of illegal drug sales to a small fraction of
what it is today.

-- 
Cynic

In article  "Aidy"  writes:
>"Mr X"  wrote in message news:h3hqbe$nf8$1@frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk...

>> Many illegal drugs are fairly safe, but could be made much safer if made 
>> by proper pharmacutical companies and subject to proper drug evaluation 
>> and testing.

>Yes....and those tests would mean the price would sky-rocket (do you really 
>think it costs more than a few pence to make cancer drugs or HIV drugs?) and 

We aren't talking about cancer or HIV drugs.  Many years ago (in the mid
seventies) I found out that pharmaceutical 95% cocaine costs about $30 an
ounce.  At that time, much less pure illegal cocaine cost over $1000 an ounce.

You are ignoring the fact that illegal drugs cost more because they are
illegal and therefore carry a risk of arrest and forfeiture to the
manufacturer and the seller(s).  Legal recreational drugs are cheaper because
you aren't paying a premium for illegality.

On the other hand, fake handbags are cheaper because they are cheaply made,
and people will pay more for the "real" handbags that aren't counterfeit
and carry a legitimate brand.

In the same way, generic drugs are cheaper than brand name drugs because they
don't carry the brand, but they are subject to the same regulations regarding
content and purity as do the branded drugs.

Illegal drugs, on the other hand, are of unknown purity and quality and cost
far more because of the risks involved in dealing illegal drugs.

-Pete Zakel
 (phz@seeheader.nospam)

"A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices
 that the system works."

In article  cynic_999@yahoo.co.uk writes:
>On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:41:20 +0100, "Aidy" 
>wrote:

>>How about this....none of my commercial foreign movies fail to play on my 
>>unhacked system.  All of my commercial foreign movies are Region 0.  See 
>>above comment.

>So you have stupidly limited yourself to the very small subset of
>foreign movies that have a region 0 encoding.

Note that the vast majority of region 0 movies are porn.

;^)

-Pete Zakel
 (phz@seeheader.nospam)

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no
 account be allowed to do the job."

			-The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"Aidy"  wrote in message 
news:9KydnfiPTcIHLsHXnZ2dnUVZ8vSdnZ2d@bt.com...
> "JohnR"  wrote in message 
> news:4a5ca965$0$1379$346c885@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>
>> Prohibition is the only thing related to drugs that is destroying 
>> society.
>
> But the purchase of illegal drugs *is* destroying our society.
>
Is it fuck. The obscene profits prohibition affords and the corruption and 
crime it funds are the problem. The drug trade won't ever go away, the only 
variable is the environment in which the trade is conducted.

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:53:02 +0100, "JohnR" 
wrote:

>
>"Aidy"  wrote in message 
>news:9KydnfiPTcIHLsHXnZ2dnUVZ8vSdnZ2d@bt.com...
>> "JohnR"  wrote in message 
>> news:4a5ca965$0$1379$346c885@unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>
>>> Prohibition is the only thing related to drugs that is destroying 
>>> society.
>>
>> But the purchase of illegal drugs *is* destroying our society.

>Is it fuck. The obscene profits prohibition affords and the corruption and 
>crime it funds are the problem. The drug trade won't ever go away, the only 
>variable is the environment in which the trade is conducted. 

Aidy is right, twice in two days, it must be a record.

As he said, illegal drugs are causing much destruction in society.
Very true.

This is why drugs should be quickly brought within the law and
properly regulated.

Svenne