I'm not surprised. Governor John Hickenlooper is a Democrat but is very blue dog. He came to Colorado and a geologist for the oil industry, and when that collapsed here in the early 80s he ended up opening the state's first microbrewery/pub and got into real estate at the same time. He's been just short of being outright hostile to legalized MJ the entire time it's been an issue. His office may well have asked them to amplify the stereotyping in the PSA.
Not sure if Hick had anything to do with this ad or not, but virtually every politician in Colorado has been incredibly hostile to legalization, so this should surprise no-one.
@8 "To be fair"? Bullshit. You call slander against hundreds of millions of people by powerful corporate interests "fair"? Then you're not the devil's advocate--You're a schmuck.
It's an OK advert: it's moderately funny. And it gets the message across.
I'm just astonished at how many people (@15, for example) think that driving stoned is OK. Even people who would never drive drunk think it's OK to drive stoned.
It slows your reactions, and it impairs your judgement. That's the fucking point of getting stoned. If the marijuana you are smoking leaves you safe to drive, you need to get a new fucking dealer, because he's selling you oregano. And if the marijuana you are smoking does what it's supposed to do, DO NOT FUCKING DRIVE.
I swear, the weed is slowing you down, man.
The point of being stoned is to be stoned. If you're driving and you're stoned then [fill in the blank yourself]!
The humor depends on the exploitation of so-common-as-to-be-hackneyed stereotypes.
#10 is right. And #9 makes a good point. There should have been more.
(Content warning: kiwi/Maori accents, kiwi lingo, metric system)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8KAaf45g…
I'm just astonished at how many people (@15, for example) think that driving stoned is OK. Even people who would never drive drunk think it's OK to drive stoned.
It slows your reactions, and it impairs your judgement. That's the fucking point of getting stoned. If the marijuana you are smoking leaves you safe to drive, you need to get a new fucking dealer, because he's selling you oregano. And if the marijuana you are smoking does what it's supposed to do, DO NOT FUCKING DRIVE.
I am all for legalisation. But not stupidity.
Then pretty much everyone at The Stranger and most commenters are schmucks too:
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archive…