tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post1810789230474252746..comments2023-09-20T11:15:28.673+01:00Comments on Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: Ridiculous magic mushroom non-story makes 'news'janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263261726046054614noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-76959746161999179082013-01-29T11:43:47.985+00:002013-01-29T11:43:47.985+00:00Oh that's just priceless. It gives a very rare...Oh that's just priceless. It gives a very rare and beautiful insight into just how deliberately disrespectful and dishonest those toe-rag tabloid "journalists" are. Who even buys these "papers" any more. They're a national embarrassment. Seriously - you'd be better picking random words out of a bag and making sentences with them to get your news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-9291026328377887402007-04-24T14:44:00.000+01:002007-04-24T14:44:00.000+01:00In that case, sorry for my snarky comment above, J...In that case, sorry for my snarky comment above, Jenny. It must be very annoying indeed to have your views misrepresented like this. I suppose, in jumping in to take an easy dig at what I thought was 'your' view, I've played a part in the process of spreading the inaccuracy. So, again, I'm sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-26198449724579811622007-04-22T22:06:00.000+01:002007-04-22T22:06:00.000+01:00apologies Jenny. I dont think anyone was offended ...apologies Jenny. I dont think anyone was offended - the blog was just a comment on how silly non-story like this could become national news. I dont think it reflects on you - more the tabloids that ran it.Steve Rolleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487781869462634203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-88543967038531963702007-04-22T15:56:00.000+01:002007-04-22T15:56:00.000+01:00I am the Jenny Amphlett referred to in these artic...I am the Jenny Amphlett referred to in these articles and apologise if the opinions attributed to me (which for the record didn't actually come out of my mouth) have caused any offence. I consented to the initial story in The Staffordshire Newsletter (I work in the same office as the newspaper and had been amused after spotting the mushroom stickers in Tesco). But the story (along with increasingly wild and inaccurate quotes attributed to me) has subsequently been carried in numerous nationals and on national and international websites without my knowledge or consent. It's stopped being funny and has become at best irritating and at worst personally and professionally damaging. To me it clearly illustrates the crazy way that tabloids operate, with 'stories' being passed around rather like a game of Chinese whispers. Once again, I apologise to anyone offended by 'my views'.<BR/>Playing any part in this silly news story is something I now regret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-38351053738770348962007-04-21T16:51:00.000+01:002007-04-21T16:51:00.000+01:00it worries me that Tesco is promoting or condoning...<I>it worries me that Tesco is promoting or condoning drug use</I> - Jenney from Stafford<BR/><BR/>Of course they are - they have whole aisles full of tasty alcoholic drinks, for example. But of course, a slight allusion to another drug, no more harmful than that, but without an existing culture of consumption, is morally beyond the pale. Yes, Jenney.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-83100703068802263212007-04-20T13:43:00.000+01:002007-04-20T13:43:00.000+01:00As soon as someone in the UK started exploiting th...As soon as someone in the UK started exploiting the loophole allowing "magic" mushrooms to be sold I knew it would not be long before draconian legislation was imposed. Apparently you are in danger of prosecution if said mushrooms happen to grow in your garden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com