So as most of you have probably heard by now, Michael Phelps the dude who won eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics got caught in a picture allegedly taking a hit out of a bong. The picture was taken at a party at the University of South Carolina where he was visiting a girl he has been seeing. Once the media got ahold of the picture, thirteen kinds of hell broke loose.
I sat on my bed in horror yesterday as I witnessed this young man being attacked by the media for this indiscretion. News anchors demanded that he be reprimanded and punished and whatnot for his herb-toking ways and pretty much tore the guy a new asshole. The more I watched, the more I got pissed.
It seems to me that Phelps needs to be cut a little bit of slack. They guy has won fourteen career gold medals, eight of which came from last year's Olympics. He hasn't had a normal life since he was 18 years-old and now that he's earned his keep, he deserves a little downtime. Besides, it was just a little pot. What 22 year-old college student hasn't smoked a little? Cut him a break.
My defense for his is also this: Paris Hilton (who is utterly talentless) can drive drunk, get arrested, and spend like two hours in jail and get off scott-free but Michael Phelps who worked his ass off to get where he is gets bitched out for taking a hit off a bong. It's absolutely sickening.
Anyway, that was kind of my rant today. Since this news came out Phelps has come to the media and apologized for his "irresponsible" behavior. Who wants to bet that all the potheads in America are gonna start sending him free weed now?
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I couldn't have said it any better. It seems as if most people are okay with, or don't care about, the use of pot, but the media and policy makers want to keep up the archaic onslaught against the harmless (possibly beneficial according to some research) drug. Yet another example of how disconnected the media and government is with most Americans. Granted, that's from my own perspective, so it's only anecdotal evidence.
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