← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · kminta
Thread ID: 20656 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2005-10-15
2005-10-15 02:36 | User Profile
[I]"Crack squirrels." Just say those words several times. Once you're done laughing, you'll have to admit that this represents the ultimate proof that multiracialism/multiculturalism in developed nations is a horribly failed experiment.[/I]
[B][EMAIL="http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_objectid=16217629&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=squirrels-on-crack-name_page.html"]Squirrels on crack[/EMAIL][/B] Oct 7 2005 South London Press
[B]NATURE lovers fear that squirrels could become hooked on crack cocaine plundered from addicts' hidden stashes.[/B]
The furry animals are thought to be behind a new drugs turf war in Brixton - stealing rocks of crack hidden in front gardens.
Tough police action to rid the town centre of dealers and addicts has seen crackheads abandon their usual drug stash hideouts.
But the blitz has displaced some dealing into nearby residential streets.
Drug addicts are known to be hiding small stashes of crack rocks in people's front lawns late at night.
Squirrels have been spotted in the same front gardens, seemingly hunting out the buried narcotics.
The discovery has led some residents to speculate that the squirrels are already in the grips of addiction. One resident, who asked for his name to be withheld, told the South London Press.
"I was chatting with my neighbour who told me that crack users and dealers sometimes use my front garden to hide bits of their stash.
"An hour earlier I'd seen a squirrel wandering round the garden, digging in the flowerbeds.
"It looked like it knew what it was looking for.
"It was ill-looking and its eyes looked bloodshot but it kept on desperately digging.
"It was almost as if it was trying to find hidden crack rocks."
Crack squirrels are a recognised phenomena in the US.
They are known to live in parks frequented by addicts in New York and Washington DC.
The squirrels have attacked park visitors in their frenzied search for their next fix.
An RSPCA spokesman said he was unaware of the squirrels taking crack in Brixton.
2005-10-15 02:49 | User Profile
Kminta,
This is a joke, isn't it?
2005-10-15 16:21 | User Profile
If only I was joking, Sertorius. I took this article directly from here [URL="http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_objectid=16217629&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=squirrels-on-crack-name_page.html"]http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0400lambeth/tm_objectid=16217629&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=squirrels-on-crack-name_page.html[/URL].
My initial thoughts were that this could be some sort of urban legend spread unwittingly by the mainstream media. It sure sounds like it. This story is a little too sensational.
In the first place, the addictiveness of crack in humans has been somewhat exaggerated. Crack has destroyed the lives of many people who have not been able to control their usage (just as many people cannot control their eating habits), but most users use it recreationally or cease after having tried it.
This reminds me of the urban legend from the '60s, also spread in the mainstream media, about kids on LSD who stared at the sun and became blind.
Some skepticism is in order about the mainstream media's coverage of drugs and their effects.
2005-10-15 16:44 | User Profile
Kminta,
I see. Not having a URL with the article is what threw me.
I think you are correct in your analysis. Most of the stuff put out by the "War on Drugs" crowd is exaggerated, yet, that doesn't mean we recommend this to anyone anymore than we would drinking a fifth every night. It really does depend on the person and how much self control he has.
I'll go so far as to say if there is anything I am worried about it isn't some recreational user as it is the folks who would use this as an excuse to increase govt. power over the rest of us.
Having noted that I still think these guys in London are screwed up and screwing up the squirrels as well.