Opinion: Mine . . . What’s
Yours?
C ould we, say, spike booze w ith s o m e th in g
th a t, as th e to x ic ity le ve l o f alco h o l in y o u r
b lo o d a p p ro a ch e d a c e rta in lim it, m ade yo u
th r o w up?
M ig h t re s u lt in fe w e r d ru n k e n
d rive rs on th e road as w ell as reducing th e use
o f alcohol as a to o l fo r seduction.
C ould to b a c c o be m o d ifie d to dim inish o n e ’s
sex drive?
O r should w e s im p ly re th in k o u r se e m in g ly
p e rp e tu a l re lu cta n ce to includes classes in sex
e d u c a tio n , to b a c c o and alco h o l abuse in o u r
schools beginning during grade school?
by G eorge W. Earley
So . . . d o y o u re n t o ld c lu n k y sci fi m ovies?
W atch M y s te ry S cience T h e a te r 3 0 0 CP S ta y
up la te w ith Joe Bob Briggs and th o se S aturday
n ig h t M o n ste r Movies? A re y o u convinced th a t
X - file s , S ig htings, U n s o lv e d M y s te rie s and
s im ila r s h o w s a re r ig h t in im p ly in g th e
G o ve rn m e n t know s m ore a b o u t UFOs and alien
beings th a n i t is te llin g us?
If y o u do, y o u should t r o t rig h t o v e r to y o u r
fa v o r ite b o o k s e lle r and ask f o r H o lly w o o d
R e c e n tly TIME m a g a zin e g a v e us a c o v e r
a rtic le on sex and th e y o u n g child. Seems th e
kid s are do in g IT a t y o u n g e r and y o u n g e r ages
and th is is n a tu ra lly c o n c e rn in g a lo t o f o ld e r
fo lk s . T h e re are, as TIME p o in ts o u t, am ple
reasons f o r us all t o be c o n c e rn e d a b o u t such
s e x u a l a c t iv it y .
U n fo r tu n a te ly , g iv e n th e
h o rm o n a l d riv e s b u ilt in to us, th e re se e m s
lit t le th a t c o n c e rn e d o ld e r c itiz e n s , be th e y
p a re n ts , p o litic ia n s o r p ro fe s s io n a l fo lk s , can
say to d im in ish y o u th fu l e n th u sia sm fo r sexual
re la tio n s ,
C o n c u rre n tly , th e sam e o ld e r c itiz e n s are
ju s tifia b ly c o n c e rn e d a b o u t y o u th fu l a ttitu d e s
to w a rd s a lc o h o l and to b a c c o use. B o th are
a d dictive, to o o fte n fa ta lly so.
So . . . g iv e n t h a t k id s w ill have se xu a l
in te rc o u rse , sm oke c ig a re tte s and boo ze i t up
d e s p ite e v e ry w a rn in g a d u lts can th in k o f,
w h a t’s to be done?
W ell, g iv e n t h a t th e r e are a n u m b e r o f
m o o d -a lte rin g d ru g s o n th e m a rk e t -- som e
p re s c rip tio n , som e n o t - w h ic h w e use f o r a
v a rie ty o f reasons, could we p u t som e a d d itive s
in to b o th to b a c c o and alcohol?
LU koP U U STÏL
H ollyw ood keeps in sistin g [w ith a c e rta in air
o f d e s p e ra tio n it seem s to m e ] th a t “ m ovies
are b e tte r th a n e v e r.” B u t If y o u ’ve com e o u t
o f a m ovie th e a te r th is sum m er w ith y o u r head
aching a n d /o r y o u r ears ringing and buzzing,
y o u m ay fe e l th a t “ n o is ie r,” n o t “ b e tte r ” is
th e m ore o p e ra tiv e w ord.
W ritin g f o r th e N YTim es N ew s S ervice,
J a m e s B a rro n r e p o r ts t h a t su ch film s as
G o d zilla , Rug r a ts , B u i w o r th and Q u e s t fo r
C a m e lo tsu b je c te d view ers to sound levels w ell
in to ranges th a t cause p e rm a n e n t hearing loss.
A nd as m any o f you have n o tice d , th e sound
e ffe c ts o fte n g e t in th e w ay o f th e dialog. If th e
tr e n d t o lo u d e r and lo u d e r film s c o n tin u e s ,
H o lly w o o d m a y be fo r c e d t o b rin g b a c k
s u b title s .
Dialog aside, th e p ro b le m is c o n tro lla b le fo r
th o s e o f us w ho la rg e ly e schew th e a te rs fo r
la rg e screen T V -- w e can e ith e r h it th e m u te
b u tto n o r vo lum e c o n tro l.
I’ ve also g ive n som e th o u g h t to asking th e
lo c a l c o m m u n ity c o lle g e if th e y h ave a lip
re a d in g course. ’ * *
u s . t h e R lie n s by Bruce Rux [$ 1 9 .9 5 fro m
F rog, L td ; ISBN # 1 - 8 8 3 3 1 9 - 6 1 - 7 in case
th e y th in k y o u ’ re kidding a b o u t th e title ].
T he b o o k ’s th e s is is c le a rly s ta te d by th e
s u b title :T h e Motion Picture Industry's Participa­
tion in Disinform ation
W h a t Rux is sa yin g , in
n e a rly 7 0 0 pages, is th a t a cabal o f w rite rs ,
d ire c to rs , a c to rs , p ro d u c e rs and o th e r m overs
and shakers in H o lly w o o d are in c a h o o ts w ith
th e g o v e rn m e n t to confuse and bem use us even
as th e y e n te r ta in us. E v e ry sci f i / h o r r o r /
fa n ta s y flic k y o u ’ve e v e r seen o r heard o f, and
scores and scores m ore y o u ’ve n o t, have been
c a re fu lly c ra fte d to p re v e n t y o u fro m learning
th a t fly in g saucers and th e ir alien cre w s are
com ing to e a rth and doing n a s ty n a sty th in g s to
hum ans.
U n fo rtu n a te ly fo r th o s e o f us w h o are d o o r-
s la m m in g , tir e - k ic k in g in v e s tig a to r s , Rux
p ro vid e s no ‘sm oking g u n ’ to in arguab ly prove
his cla im s. B u t t h a t w o n ’ t b o th e r th e T ru e
B e lie v e rs and p a ra n o id c o n s p ir a c is ts O u t
T h e re . For th e m , i t is e n o u g h th a t Rux has
w o v e n a s e e m in g ly p la usible a rg u m e n t o u t o f
m oonbeam s and fa iry d u st.
For th e re s t o f us, th o u g h , th e book w ill give
us an in s ig h t in to s o m e o f o u r fa v o u r ite
vie w in g th a t w e ’ ve n o t had b e fo re . As w e ll as
an in s ig h t in to th e d a rk w o rld o f c o n s p ira c is t
th in k in g .
■— H ouse ,
George W. Earley is a freelance writing living on
one of Mount Hood’s old glacial moraines. Readers
of UFO Magazine know him as The Opinionated
Oregonian™.
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