Alcohol 'is more dangerous than ecstacy'

I think this is a pretty logical discussion that needs to take place. Of course, that's why it is being talked about in the UK. Anyway, Alcohol is pretty serious stuff. It lseems to lead to more problems than many illegal drugs, yet it is legal, while drugs such as Marijuana are relatively safe in comparison. The way we enforce drug laws and penalize criminals should take this into account. Perhaps selling alcohol to minors should be a little more serious than selling/possessing a little bit of cannabis. GASP! I don't exactly use drugs, and I'm not really big on the drink, but I'm all for rational thinking. Irrational thinking can be fun, too, but shouldn't be policy.

Anti-Porn Law Loses Out to First Amendment

 Apparently an anti-porn law from 1998 that never went into effect was just found to be unconstitutional. The idea, which pretty much everyone will agree with, is that children shouldn't be exposed to graphic sexual material on the internet. The controversy is the difficulty of operationally defining what pornography is. As with all laws, a definition that is too vague can lead to misuse. In this case, the law was found to violate the First Amendment.

There is a lot of argument over legislating moral issues such as this, and I have to say... I don't agree with this one. What I believe in is making available to parents, teachers, and other guardians all the tools they need, in addition to their own supervision, to keep the child away from the things they deem to be harmful to the children. I don't really want to hear whining that the software isn't 100 percent accurate and usually needs "human monitoring" to be effective. If the child is too young to know what sex is and how it works, and is too immature to see sexually explicit images, then the child is too young to be on the internet alone anyway. Take the time out of your busy schedule for the spawn of your loins. Don't pass the responsibility to the rest of society.

Mice given 'human sight' in colour blindness study

It isn't quite as useless as it sounds. Apparently, scientists are close to being able to correct color blindness. Yeah, for those of you with this terrible, debilitating affliction... wait.. what? What do you mean it isn't debilitating? Ok, fine. For those of you with this inconvenient condition, you may soon be able to see what us normals refer to as Orange and Purple. For the record, Orange is alright, but don't get too excited. It's not Purple or anything. Purple, however, IS purple, and it is better.

<bad joke>In other news, the mice were like, Obama is Black?!?</bad joke>

World's first 'spinal transplant' carried out

 Perhaps more importantly, a new medical breakthrough has occurred. It's being referred to as a spinal transplant. For those smart ass Conservatives out there, this is not a procedure for democratic "cut and run" proponents! It is a procedure that will help people with lots of money to use dead people's body parts to stop their sometimes horrific back pain. Many people in my family, as well as a couple friends of mine, could benefit from this procedure, presuming that they ever have enough money for it. Anyway, it's good news! And, unlike some recent breakthroughs, more than just a little bit beneficial.

U.S. lowers number its says have no health insurance

 This one is for those stupid liberals out there always complaining that 46.6 million people in in the United States are uninsured. For your information, it is actually 44.8 million. So stop your whining! They fixed it! In fact, I think you other organizations out there should take a hint and follow suit. Slim numbers are in!