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inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
edited February 2009 in A Moving Train
Come on, seriously, why is this an issue...?

hell, peanut butter has killed more people...
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  • VINNY GOOMBAVINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,819
    Wouldn't it be awesome if Michael Phelps held a press conference and said, "That's right. I SMOKE WEED, on occasion, and in moderation-- and somehow, I've managed to win MORE GOLD MEDALS than anyone else in history." Of course, he'd probably be stripped of his medals shortly after. To me, they should double up on his medals-- after all, POT is probably the exact opposite of PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS, when it comes to physical activity and athleticism... Or so we're led to believe?

    Now, granted, I'm sure he doesn't do it all that often, because of drug tests and whatever... Has he put a book out yet? I don't think he has.. But it'll be intereting to see if this awesome plant had any role in his life before he started swimming for money, and even after, for that matter.
  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    inmytree wrote:
    Come on, seriously, why is this an issue...?

    Slow news week.
    Same thing happened when Anna Nichole Smith passed and Don Imus talked about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
    When you live a society that demands 24-hour, up-to-the-minute news coverage, you can't be surprised when they blow insignificant shit out of proportion. They have to have something recent to talk about when nothing else interesting happens. Right now, the Phelps story is the standby of the next few days.
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    milarso wrote:
    inmytree wrote:
    Come on, seriously, why is this an issue...?

    Slow news week.
    Same thing happened when Anna Nichole Smith passed and Don Imus talked about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
    When you live a society that demands 24-hour, up-to-the-minute news coverage, you can't be surprised when they blow insignificant shit out of proportion. They have to have something recent to talk about when nothing else interesting happens. Right now, the Phelps story is the standby of the next few days.

    good point...

    I do find it interesting that Phelps, a proven winner, and the MVP of this years Super Bowl are tokers...
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    it's an issue because it's illegal and he's supposed to be some sort of role model.

    I could care less who smokes what, but the fact is that he broke the law at the same time sponsors are paying him a lot of money to sell people stuff (including kids).
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  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    Of course, he'd probably be stripped of his medals shortly after.

    The surprising thing is, no he wouldn't.
    The IOC has already set precedent when it comes to this.
    In 1998, Ross Rebagliati, a Canadian snowboarder, won the first snowboarding gold metal, but his urinalysis came up positive for pot. Keep in mind, this was during the Olympics. They stripped his metal, but returned it after a worldwide public outcry. And the fact that marijuana wasn't on the banned drugs list. It is now, but I think, in order for them to strip you metal, you have to fail an IOC drug test.

    I think the bigger damage that would come from out and out admitting he smoked would be that he could stand to lose millions in endorsement money. Smoking in a public place was a dumb decision, surely one he regrets now, but no reason to bury the guy.
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    blackredyellow wrote:
    it's an issue because it's illegal and he's supposed to be some sort of role model.

    I could care less who smokes what, but the fact is that he broke the law at the same time sponsors are paying him a lot of money to sell people stuff (including kids).

    I agree. But I think if it was handled in a different way in the media, it could be more of a learning experience for all, rather than trying to make the guy out to be a vile criminal.
    He's still a kid himself in a lot of ways. People make mistakes, and if they learn from them, they can often come out better for it. I hope that's how this works for Phelps.
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    blackredyellow wrote:
    it's an issue because it's illegal and he's supposed to be some sort of role model.

    I could care less who smokes what, but the fact is that he broke the law at the same time sponsors are paying him a lot of money to sell people stuff (including kids).

    a law that violates the US Constitution is void on its face.
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    blackredyellow wrote:
    it's an issue because it's illegal and he's supposed to be some sort of role model.

    I could care less who smokes what, but the fact is that he broke the law at the same time sponsors are paying him a lot of money to sell people stuff (including kids).

    a law that violates the US Constitution is void on its face.
    8-)

    Good luck with that argument in court :)
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    blackredyellow wrote:
    it's an issue because it's illegal and he's supposed to be some sort of role model.

    I could care less who smokes what, but the fact is that he broke the law at the same time sponsors are paying him a lot of money to sell people stuff (including kids).

    a law that violates the US Constitution is void on its face.
    8-)

    Haven't you read the Supreme Court opinions? Someone smoking a joint has an effect on interstate commerce, thus it's perfectly ok to regulate it, because nothing affects commerce like locally grown and distributed plantlife that is not even legally recognized as commerce... thank you Justice Scalia for that clarity and logic! ;) Good to see hypocrisy is alive and well on the court.
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    milarso wrote:
    blackredyellow wrote:
    it's an issue because it's illegal and he's supposed to be some sort of role model.

    I could care less who smokes what, but the fact is that he broke the law at the same time sponsors are paying him a lot of money to sell people stuff (including kids).

    I agree. But I think if it was handled in a different way in the media, it could be more of a learning experience for all, rather than trying to make the guy out to be a vile criminal.
    He's still a kid himself in a lot of ways. People make mistakes, and if they learn from them, they can often come out better for it. I hope that's how this works for Phelps.

    I don't think that he's being portrayed as a vile criminal (at least from what I've seen). To add to it, his "I made a mistake and it won't happen again" card was already used up on his DUI a few years ago.

    Like I said, I don't care what he does, but in our society most people are going to pass it off as something stupid that a young kid did but a vocal few are going to muster up the fake outrage against him.

    I just think that Phelps is waking up everyday hoping that some other celebrity got arrested that night or something, so that it will take him off the front page of the celeb/gossip media circle jerk that we live in.
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    of a sunny day
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  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I just think that Phelps is waking up everyday hoping that some other celebrity got arrested that night or something, so that it will take him off the front page of the celeb/gossip media circle jerk that we live in.

    And the sad thing is, that is most likely how the problem will be resolved, or at least taken out of the public eye.
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    milarso wrote:
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I just think that Phelps is waking up everyday hoping that some other celebrity got arrested that night or something, so that it will take him off the front page of the celeb/gossip media circle jerk that we live in.

    And the sad thing is, that is most likely how the problem will be resolved, or at least taken out of the public eye.

    I don't know, maybe it will fade when they turn to covering the horrific problems in Gaza which impact the entire international community.

    Aw, who am I kidding? My money's on Lohan or Britney.
  • TheVoiceInsideTheVoiceInside Posts: 361
    I love it when reality hits the american public in the face. And all the corporations that were trying to make money off Phelps good ol american hero image now have to pull out and go find another fake hero. Im so glad this happend and as another poster said it would be graet if Phelps would come out and say that he smokes pot and that there is nothing wrong with it.
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    A man smokes weed in his 20's and becomes president...

    A man smokes weed in his 20's and gets kicked off a corn flakes box...

    Funny world
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    if they stripped me of my gold medals every time I smoked pot, i'd have no gold medals left.
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  • Pats54Pats54 Posts: 276
    McDonald's should now hire him. Think of the commercials they could make
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Anyone who holds up an Athlete (or Movie Star or Rock Singer) up as a 'Role Model' is an asshole.
    Anyone whose kids looks up to an Athlete (or Movie Star or Rock singer) as a 'Role Model' is a lousy parent.
    ...
    PARENTS should be Role Models... not someone who is on T.V.
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  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    phelps should have admitted to being a stoner. he would have saved more face that way.
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    stickfig13 wrote:
    A man smokes weed in his 20's and becomes president...

    A man smokes weed in his 20's and gets kicked off a corn flakes box...

    Funny world

    corn flakes are quality munchie material too. idiots.
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    How can he possibly have his olympics medals stripped from him? What would players from Amsterdam do?

    This issue is stupid. America needs to have its head pulled out of its ass.
  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    blackredyellow wrote:
    it's an issue because it's illegal and he's supposed to be some sort of role model.

    I could care less who smokes what, but the fact is that he broke the law at the same time sponsors are paying him a lot of money to sell people stuff (including kids).

    Who cares about laws...what matters is whats right or wrong.

    Think of how many "Laws" humans created that make us now think wtf.

    Question authority.....always.
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    If it were an issue, he'd be arrested.

    It's a business decision and those happen all the time.
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  • upina2001upina2001 Indiana Posts: 764
    Through the grapevine, I heard they may even have a celebrities tent at Bonnaroo this year, including a special tent where you can swim against Michael Phelps.
    Not only do you have to swim down, but afterwards, you have to rip a 5’ bong load then swim back.

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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Hey, this is America. The only thing we like better than putting our heroes on pedestals is knocking them back off of them. This story went from ridiculous to unbelievable when the cops in South Carolina said they were going to look into pressing charges. Unbelievable.
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  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    soulsinging wrote:
    milarso wrote:
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I just think that Phelps is waking up everyday hoping that some other celebrity got arrested that night or something, so that it will take him off the front page of the celeb/gossip media circle jerk that we live in.

    And the sad thing is, that is most likely how the problem will be resolved, or at least taken out of the public eye.

    Aw, who am I kidding? My money's on Lohan or Britney.

    Well, turns out it wasn't Lohan or Britney.
    I wonder if Phelps went out and bought and A-Rod jersey today. He's probably his new favorite player. :D
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    milarso wrote:
    milarso wrote:
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I just think that Phelps is waking up everyday hoping that some other celebrity got arrested that night or something, so that it will take him off the front page of the celeb/gossip media circle jerk that we live in.

    Aw, who am I kidding? My money's on Lohan or Britney.

    Well, turns out it wasn't Lohan or Britney.
    I wonder if Phelps went out and bought and A-Rod jersey today. He's probably his new favorite player. :D

    Lol... I was thinking that today too, Phelps probably slept better last night than he has in the last few weeks.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,662
    milarso wrote:
    I wonder if Phelps went out and bought and A-Rod jersey today. He's probably his new favorite player. :D

    Yep....you're only on the hook until the next (bad) thing comes along. :D

    edit: I just realized.....A-Rod killed my avatar. Damn. :cry:
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  • sweet adelinesweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/ ... ps/999101/

    funny stuff.
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    sweet adeline wrote:
    http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/really-michael-phelps/999101/

    funny stuff.
    funny stuff
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Cosmo wrote:
    Anyone who holds up an Athlete (or Movie Star or Rock Singer) up as a 'Role Model' is an asshole.
    Anyone whose kids looks up to an Athlete (or Movie Star or Rock singer) as a 'Role Model' is a lousy parent.
    ...
    PARENTS should be Role Models... not someone who is on T.V.

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