Scum-watch: Cocaine? On my Facebook?
TODAY The Sun exposes the potentially deadly Facebook groups that glamorise cocaine abuse.
Proof to back this up? The case studies of a whole two individuals who blame the site for their woes, even though they'd previously used cocaine or other drugs, the whole thing reading like a usual PR sting, asking for stories about cocaine use (with the promise of payment) they can then possibly mould, especially considering this is in the "Real Life" section. The churnalist behind this garbage, Samantha Wostear, then liberally chooses a few quotes from selected Facebook groups for her own evidence:
One dangerous entry declares: “This group is so funny!!! i like kate moss, and i LOVE coke!”
Dangerous? In the sense that whoever wrote it's stupidity is contagious? That's the only way it could possibly thought of as putting anyone other than the author at risk.
More young Britons have tried cocaine than those in any other European country.
Britain also has the second-highest level of active users in Europe, beaten only by Spain.
One in 25 British schoolchildren aged 15 to 16 admit to having taken cocaine at least once - double the average in Europe.
Ah yes, and this is clearly down to social networking sites rather than its availability and its attractiveness, right? Let's at least try and keep the moral panic at least somewhat sane.
And the cocaine craze sweeping the UK is at risk of being fuelled by the depraved groups that invite Facebook users to share their experiences of drug use and encourage others to experiment.
Graphic images of people snorting cocaine sit next to comments glorifying its use such as: “Nearly all my money goes on beak (cocaine), it’s f***in amazin and i’m helpin out poor little colombians by takin it, ha ha, plus if mossy (Kate Moss) can get away wid it why cant i?”
It was posted on the group If Kate Moss Does Cocaine, It Should Be Legal. This group alone boasts 716 members.There are said to be 500 groups linked to cocaine appreciation, boasting hundreds of members.
Another group, Cocaine Is The Ruler Of The Brain, posts the message: “Nothing like that ‘high’ feeling to make a person feel goood-ddd and forget about ev-reee-thhhannnggg!!”
And another, Make Poverty History - Cheap Cocaine For Everyone!!!!!, states: “Prices are rocketing to all new highs so we all need to band together to stamp down the price and bring cocaine back to the masses.”
This sort of thing is hardly limited to Facebook - a quick Google search for "cocaine appreciation" pulls up a whole number of forum topics on similar subjects.
Of course, the fact that this article is in the Sun and deals solely with Facebook, which just happens to be MySpace's (prop. R. Murdoch) main rival has obviously nothing to do with the Sun's determination to expose these frightening groups for targeting our children. And, as you might expect, MySpace itself certainly hasn't got any similar groups, has it?
SHABHEADS AND MYSPACE ADDICTS UNITE ! (Public Group)
What is a shabhead, you say? It's another term for speed freak, methhead
Amphetamines, Speed; Dex; Adderall; Dexamphetamine; Bennies; Dexies; Black Beauty; Jollies.. simpler te
THE CHARLOTTE MAFIA (Public Group)
choking bitches and doing cocaine
Sugar Sniffers (Public Group)
in this little group we are addicted to sugar, sweets, candy of any kind, as much as we are to cocaine. nuff said, si?
chemicals are fun! (Public Group)
well this is for everyone who like anything from a ciggerette to crack cocaine... shit why not!>. well as i wish safe usage feel free to bend the bar or reality a bit when u please. and when u do.
cocaine cult (Public Group)
we do Ka-Ka-Ka-heroin
Cocaine Fiends (Public Group)
kjbfkjsdf
Cocaine Cunts (Private Group)
Whore Group
Will someone do me the honours of introducing the pot to the kettle?
Labels: bullshit, churnalism, cocaine, Facebook, MurdochSpace, scaremongering, Scum-watch, social networking websites, Sun-watch
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Of course there's also the irony of a bunch of middle-class "journalists" (it's the Sun, so the term deserves inverted commas...) complaining about people using coke...
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:09:00 pm
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