Dope

Before his South Park quote brought him international exposure, John Beyer had displayed his incisive intellect by revealing his latest complaint to Ofcom. George Michael, in an interview on the South Bank Show to be aired next Tuesday at 10pm, explained to Melvin Bragg how smoking cannabis has helped him.

Beyer is outraged:

Anything that normalises that sort of drug abuse is wrong.

I have sent in a complaint to Ofcom because George Michael was shown on Sky News today. By showing it, drug abuse was being glamorised.

Ofcom will reject this preposterous complaint, which suggests that positive opinions about drug use must not be expressed by interviewees at any time of the day. Beyer will then take the opportunity to criticise Ofcom as being a toothless, industry-serving organisation which is “out of touch” with public opinion. Just watch.


2 Responses to “Dope”

  1. martyn says:

    “Beyer will then take the opportunity to criticise Ofcom as being a toothless, industry-serving organisation which is “out of touch” with public opinion”

    It’s Beyer who’s out of touch, cannabis use is so widespread most people don’t even think of it as a drug any more, a little like the perception of alcohol & nicotine.

  2. neil h says:

    Beyer is right – crashing your car into a bollard whilst doped up to the eyeballs, getting arrested, and then appearing in the papers looking like a total knob is really glamorous and attractive …