My reaction when I heard this yesterday was âoh, thatâs great they finally did something about this senseless killing.â
Then they got to the part where it was drug related and I think my heart broke.
I guess Itâs Tricky didnât age well
We are not thugs, we donât use drugs
But you assume on your own
They offer coke and lots of dope
But we just leave it alone
- edit - Amazon Music really falls down when youâre wanting those eighties rap records you grew up listening to.
apparently his drug deals were a bit of an open secret. at the time, my across-the-hall neighbor was from NY and we would chat about hip hop some. when JMJ was murdered, it came up when we were chatting and he said âhe was involved in some shit he shouldnât have been involved in.â elaborated to be blow traffic.
Interesting! Iceland 100% renewable and low carbon; no surprise there.
Is that John Cleese in the middle there? 
It is actually Donald Crisp.
I didnât really think it was a Monty Python skit, but the appearance and bearing seem similar.
I assumed so.
A sociologist dissects the Falwell scandal.
âŚProgressives are probably not scandalizedâin the traditional senseâby Falwellâs undoing. Theyâre not more likely to sin because of his actions, not least because they think drinking and kinks arenât sins to begin with. But sociologists like me are interested in scandal because it connects to our social construction of reality, the idea that just about every social thing, when you get down to it, is rooted in beliefs we all work together to maintain. Moneyâs only money because we say the numbers means something. Voting only counts because a bunch of people agree it should. And while this is largely a collective effort, some people have more power over what we believe than others. For evangelicals, itâs people like the son of Jerry Falwell Sr., the president of Liberty University. And Falwellâs scandal isnât just a religious scandalâhis downfall can cast doubt on religion and broader themes of authority. And for just about all of us, people like the president of the United States have a similar broader influence. So when these powerful figures scandalize us, we lose our faith in our social world, or in our capacity to govern itâŚ
What really gets me is the hypocritical aspect of society. The upper classes keep the ranks closed against the lower; their God forbid they show the same (obvious) enjoyment of carnality, as those below them, ew!
And it proves that one can/should? trust only oneself to keep a secret and if ya do anything society considers dirty or deviant (even though it probably isnât hurting anyone and may well be theraputic in some way, but gee, they say their God says itâs bad, sooooâŚ), ya better do it ALONE in a dark room andâŚi dunno, what does one do to bar heat-scan?..and be quiet about it!
WARNING: Autostart of next video.
Well, um, YEE-ayuhâŚgosh, who hasnât seen this?
How important is decor in telling of oneâs psychological state? Or for that matter, oneâs taste in knick-knacks? Discuss.