An ad campaign from British charity Release aimed at "getting people to think about drug use in our society and for politicians to stop being so frightened of having an open debate" was withdrawn from London buses after the tagline-"Nice people take drugs"-was deemed too controversial. The company responsible for placing the ads has suggested that adding a word like "also" or "too" to the slogan "would make the ads less likely to be attract complaints and ensure they fit non-broadcast advertising codes of practice." However they resolve it, it's a pretty brilliant idea for a campaign, strictly from an issue of placement: God knows I'm never more inclined to wish I were high than when I'm on or about to board a bus; it's good to have some positive reinforcement.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Is this the right place for bragging about being at The Beach right now? BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE MY EXCELLENT "HOLE STRUCTURE" AND I ARE.
Only if you're high!
"DRUGS TAKE NICE PEOPLE"
That'll be three thousand dollars.
Nice people take drugs, but they're not so nice when it's 6:30 AM on a Monday and they're huddled around a coffee table scraping baggies.
Nice people take drugs, but they’re not so nice when you’re on a rented bus coming back from the Belmont Stakes with about 70 dudes rocked out of their skull, and right after the crazy Russian driver screams at you to all shut the fuck up because he’s hitting the freeway, some raging lunatic you’re sitting next to inexplicably whips a full can of Miller High Life at this chick he’s been shouting at all day, and it hits her squarely in the face, prompting you to lose all faith in the human condition entirely.
You know, for example.
Nice people do drugs off the ass of a spun to hell street hustler in a shot out super 8 hotel room on Venice blvd. at 7am christmas morning. Aint nothin nice 'bout that kinda livin.
Nicer people give their drugs to me.
And then they say, "Thank you."
The Audacity of Dope
I had a friend who used to like to say "Users lose drugs" -- so true