I mean, there's legitimate political protest -- okay, fine. But to throw a temper tantrum because you got caught toking up and whining about how it isn't fair? The law's the law, dude. Sorry. (Weed should be legalized, of course, is my view -- the drug policy in this country is so far backward it's incredible -- but as things stand now it's illegal, so if you're stupid enough to get caught, then you deserve to go to jail.) This is why my dad decided to sit out the riots in Chicago in '68. I always thought he was a bit of a pussy for not going out and getting his head bashed in, but then I realized that what he did (barricading himself in his apartment for the week with enough TV dinners and beer to stay alive) was actually the smart thing to do.

On the other hand (I am getting to three hands here but that's okay, every great writer is a veritable juggler, it's just another name for wordsmithery): AssHole Abbie Hoffman also sed, in 1976: "There are two kinds of Jews in the world: the kind that go for broke and the kind that go for the money. Those who go for broke say crazy things like, 'Every kid wants to fuck his mother,' or 'Workers of the world, unite.' Jewish troublemakers. That's the creative, humanistic trend in Judaism, but there's another: 'Don't rock the boat.' It fucked up my childhood", which to me is an indispensible quote. Eh. I'll take the wheat from the chaff.