Guest shebavon Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 From all the hoopla surrounding this kids terrible crime, you would think he had molested some child, raped someone, or bilked investors of billions. No, he was merely caught with a bong, which contained a substance that the last 3 occupants of the oval office had been intimately familiar with. The kid has just made us proud in the Olympics. He sacrificed plenty of hours of bong hits in order to train to compete. Now it's time to leave him alone and let him enjoy life a bit. As for me, I am boycotting Kellogs. Quote
Guest fountainhall Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 I have a lot of sympathy for him, but with his position and with all his endorsements requiring a certain standard of behaviour from him, he is a very stupid boy for allowing himself to be caught in the act. He surely realised the consequences. But if he just grovels a bit, wait for a year or so and all will be forgiven. Quote
Guest slackersam Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 He didn't lose any endorsements - mostly because even ad agency dudes know that 99 percent of the adult population have smoked pot at one time or another. Quote
Guest shebavon Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 He didn't lose any endorsements - mostly because even ad agency dudes know that 99 percent of the adult population have smoked pot at one time or another. So far he has lost Kellogs. Hence my call for boycott. Quote
Guest slackersam Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 I just read that. As of yesterday he hadn't lost any. My bad. Quote
Guest GaySacGuy Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 I do believe that someone with that much pubilicity should know better than to be caught is such a situation. But, he got his fame by being funded by public funds and other donations, and owe those people more. Quote
Guest slackersam Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Still he's just behaivng like any other college kid. Quote
Guest GaySacGuy Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Still he's just behaivng like any other college kid. But he isn't just another college kid! Unknown amounts have been invested in this "kid". He needs to grow up a little faster!! Quote
Guest slackersam Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 Eh, Cut him a break. Pot is harmless and fairly normal. People invested money in him so he'd swim fast - and he does. Quote
Guest shebavon Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 If it was alcohol no one would care. The hypocrisy of society. Quote
KhorTose Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 If it was alcohol no one would care. The hypocrisy of society. You and I are in complete agreement on this one. Okay, I will pass it on. Boycott Kellogs Quote
Guest slackersam Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 He's lucky he didn't get caught smoking a cigarette. Then people would have really gone crazy. Quote
Guest MonkeySee Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Boycott Kellogs You mean no more Wheaties for me? Quote
Guest laurence Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Lucky you MonkeySee, Wheaties are made by General Mills not Kellogs. Michael Phleps is not just like any other college boy, he is dumber. But not so dumb as to smoke cigarettes rather than pot. Quote
Guest lvdkeyes Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 The big difference is that pot is illegal. He broke the law, however dumb you may think the law is, it is still the law. Quote
Guest shebavon Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 The big difference is that pot is illegal. He broke the law, however dumb you may think the law is, it is still the law. This is true, but the Phelps incident can legitimately be used as a prime example of why the law should be changed. Shine some light on the issue now that we have a former? stoner in the White House, and perhaps we have arrived at the moment Congress can rethink the harshness of the law. What the western states have done by changing their laws, gives them another reason to re-think the Federal ones. Quote
Guest slackersam Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Everyone breaks the law at one point or another. Heck, a lot of the stuff we do in Thailand is against the law back home. Quote
Guest lvdkeyes Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Heck, a lot of the stuff we do in Thailand is against the law back home. The law applies to where you perform an act, not whether what you do is legal or illegal in some other part of the world. (quote)This is true, but the Phelps incident can legitimately be used as a prime example of why the law should be changed.(quote) I am not saying the law should not be changed, but until it does, we, especially public figures, must abide by it or suffer the consequences. As it has been said, "If you do the crime be prepared to do the time." Quote
Guest shebavon Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Fortunately he is not going to have to do any time. As to those spineless corporate execs I say BOYCOTT KELLOGGS! Frankly, I'd like to know what he does about the munchies. Quote
Guest slackersam Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 I think it's dumb to say doing something is wrong simply because it's illegal. Heck, everyone speeds and I don't think I know anyone who doesn't download movies. Then again I also think it's dumb to hold someone up to a higher standard of behavior simply because they can swim fast, play guitar or sing well. Quote
Guest xiandarkthorne Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 They banned a guy from competing in the Olympics because he had no legs - they said that the metal legs which had replaced his real ones would have constituted "an unfair advantage". And then they legitimitized "special suits" in swimming that would have increased bouyancy in addition to reducing friction. Some of the competitors wore three of the suits at the same time...and the swimming authorities considered that legal. And we're making a fuss about one of these "specially suited" idiots smoking bong? Why hasn't anyone made a fuss about how well he cheated on television at the Olympics and got rewarded for it 8 TIMES? Or was it seven? I am not sure because I refused to watch the Olympics after they banned the legless guy. Quote
Guest slackersam Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 I'd forgotten about the legless man. That was bullshit. Quote
Guest xiandarkthorne Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Yeah. That's why I got so mad. You'd think that trained runners with two healthy legs wouldn't feel threatened by a legless man with metal ones. What did they think he was? The son of the 6 Million Dollar Man? Quote
Guest xiandarkthorne Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 True...though I am inclined to think they haven't tried training with a small piece of metal in their socks. The legless man had two metal tubes connecting the remains of his limbs to the "bionic" legs. Can you imagine how painful the chafing must be when he has to run and run for hours and days? So now we know how much real courage these so-called Olympian heroes really have - and how much their medals are worth. I am glad I refused to even watch the opening and closing ceremonies this year, let alone the whole hypocritical mess of shenanigans. I doubt that I'll ever want to waste my tv time watching it ever again. Quote
