Dave-oids

Because he is too lame to even try to post to the blog, Dave has sent me a couple of ogre-oids via e-mail, proving once again that copy & paste is a difficult concept for some people and trial and error are terrifying for others.

Ogre-oid: Air guns.  today's C-J front page reports that an 11 yr old was fatally wounded when his sibling shot a BB gun at him not knowing the gun was loaded.  at least he wasn't smoking pot.

Ogre-oid: The internet.  internet fraud doubled in 2009 from 2008.  how's that for improved communication.

To the first I would note that the mafia murders in Mexico are being blamed on pot rather than drug prohibition in general.  I heard someone today point out that noone ever called Al Capone's crimes "alcohol crimes" but the same organized crime scenario today becomes "drug crime."

To the second, of course internet fraud doubled.  The number of internet users doubled, and monitoring and enforcement have increased.  Fraud is human nature.  Being smart enough to not be defrauded is not, see the election of George W. Bush.