Paregoric Kid
05-06-2005, 10:20 AM
I love this show and pretty much anything else Penn and Teller do. Penn and Teller go and expose BULLSHIT everywhere. Some episodes that might be of interest are the episodes 12-Stepping and War on Drugs
12 Stepping: There's no proof that AA or any other 12-Step program is any more effective than going cold turkey, doing things in moderation or getting medical help. And there's a debate raging whether alcoholism is even a disease! The quasi-religious 12-step groups have America brainwashed into believing that a higher power will take care of everything. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/topics.do?topic=12
War on Drugs: America is waging a massive war on its home soil, a war it is losing. Our country spends $20 billion a year in drug enforcement, but the illegal drug industry is thriving. Should we even be waging this war, when alcohol is legal and pushed every night on network TV? By criminalizing drugs, we just turn non-violent citizens into criminals. And medicinal uses of marijuana are being blocked by crusading moralists yelling "family values." http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/topics.do?topic=war
you can check the show out on showtime or buy/rent the dvds/tapes, they are very worth it.
http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/schedule.do
12 Stepping: There's no proof that AA or any other 12-Step program is any more effective than going cold turkey, doing things in moderation or getting medical help. And there's a debate raging whether alcoholism is even a disease! The quasi-religious 12-step groups have America brainwashed into believing that a higher power will take care of everything. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/topics.do?topic=12
War on Drugs: America is waging a massive war on its home soil, a war it is losing. Our country spends $20 billion a year in drug enforcement, but the illegal drug industry is thriving. Should we even be waging this war, when alcohol is legal and pushed every night on network TV? By criminalizing drugs, we just turn non-violent citizens into criminals. And medicinal uses of marijuana are being blocked by crusading moralists yelling "family values." http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/topics.do?topic=war
you can check the show out on showtime or buy/rent the dvds/tapes, they are very worth it.
http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/schedule.do