Re:Cannabis: scientists call for action amid mental health c...
by hellofunk on Saturday April 16, 2016 @05:16AM
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You mean, in the same way that Elton John is not a real musician because he too is a Sir? It's a strange argument.
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Re:Cannabis: scientists call for action amid mental health c...
by ZeroGravitas on Saturday April 16, 2016 @02:28PM
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Being knighted means you're part of the establishment, as one famous 'sir' notes here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/it-was-a-relief-whe...
That may not affect your abiity to write a tune, but if you're chairing a committe investigating errors leading to the UK entering the Iraq War or talking about medical evidence that supports current government's war on drugs (while other government appointed scientists get sacked for talking frankly about the reality of drug policy) then it makes you suspect in my eyes.