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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Shadow Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Bicycle outing with happy ending Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 18:36:45 -0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Shadow Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <100kqsq$2t6ut$2@dont-email.me> <55cs2kd1jdri887q7q39na426fhhgj9530@4ax.com> <100r1as$arji$1@dont-email.me> <100rc1l$g4fs$4@dont-email.me> <100sf5k$mvbv$1@dont-email.me> <100vav2$1e213$1@dont-email.me> <8ml63k5bb9pifg680aklo11me20aag01mq@4ax.com> <100vs5r$1hj01$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 25 May 2025 23:36:50 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5c7b0ca4b51247724604e7f4792ada4c"; logging-data="1678531"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18q0mL5BY+Jj7fObKKqgCiOqE980so5QvU=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:DAM5Hup5egKhlN0KVT/VaarOrCk= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 Bytes: 3348 On Sun, 25 May 2025 14:48:10 -0500, AMuzi wrote: >On 5/25/2025 1:11 PM, Shadow wrote: >> On Sun, 25 May 2025 09:54:24 -0500, AMuzi wrote: >> >>> >>> An opinion piece today: >>> >>> https://nypost.com/2025/05/24/opinion/casinos-marijuana-why-ny-should-stop-trying-to-legalize-vices/ >>> >>> Note reader comments diametrically opposite the writer. >> >> // >> The risks of unchecked consumption are no secret, including the weed’s >> addictive properties that can lead to mental illness and >> // >> >> Cannabis is practically non- addictive (less so than tea or coffee) >> and NEVER leads to mental illness. >> >> // >> to abuse of stronger drugs, legal and illegal >> // >> >> Like alcohol ? I fully agree. >> >> // >> There are now rumblings that New York may consider decriminalizing >> prostitution. // >> >> It was decriminalized in Brazil a decade ago. And the number >> of prostitutes did not increase. The number actually DECREASED. >> >> Who's this guy lobbying for, the Mafia? They are the only ones >> that gain by prohibition... >> []'s >> >> I can't see any reader comments. Probably just social-media >> mining. I block that. > >Reader comments (largely along our own views) are below the >first block of ads, low on the page. Lucky me. I don't see any ads, or user comments. > >As I noted yesterday, I take no position. I'm conflicted on >this; extreme policies of many sorts ave failed. For example >the Fiume debacle after The Great War, which descended into >utter dissolution (morphine, cocaine and prostitution ) in >short order. Duh, couldn't find anything on that(other than a snippet about the takeover of a piece of Croatia by the right wing Italians, which apparently was the source of fascism in Italy). There's a book too. LOL. Not buying it. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 Google Fuchsia - 2021