"Rev. Fredric L. Rice" <FRice@SkepticTank.ORG> wrote in message news:tsjt8c6b6c83@corp.supernews.com...

> "Android Cat" <androidcat99@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Yes, in 1958, Elron Hubbard made a revolutionary discovery during his
> >research: He looked down and spotted his feet. (He had to suck it in a
> >bit to see them, but they were there!) Realizing the importance of this
> >discovery, he quickly spotted other people *and* their feet! No other
> >religion has ever come right out and said that human beings got feet.
> >Some other religions might have had small pieces of the truth, and some
> >religions controlled by eevil space-alien psychs will deny it, but only
> >$cientology will make you pay (and pay [and pay {and pay}]) to learn the
> >full and shocking truth!
>
> I'm reminded of Douglas Adams and the birdpeople who couldn't say
> the word "shoes" because of the history of the Shoe Event Horizon.
>
> >Yes indeed, human beings have a sole -- two of them in fact!
> >"How you gonna move up the Bridge if you don't got feet?"
Shoe Event Horizon nothing! We are rapidly approaching the Latté Event Horizon -- StarBucks and other coffee shops *everywhere*, and super-caffeinated colas! Soon civilization will fall and all that will be left will be wired troglodytes among the ruins.

It's already begun:

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm%5F416979.html Red Bull intoxication 'may have made boy commit armed robbery' An Australian teenager's 11 can-a-day addiction to Red Bull may have caused him to rob a supermarket.

The 17-year-old from Darwin, who was armed with a knife, stole around £6,000 He was given a four-year suspended jail sentence.

Justice Steven Bailey of the Northern Territory Supreme Court said it was possible caffeine intoxication explained the crime but didn't excuse it.

The court heard he was a conscientious high school student with two part-time jobs who also found time for volunteer community work. [All that caffeine, zip zip zip!] Psychiatric and medical evidence suggested he might have been suffering caffeine intoxication when he carried out the robbery, The Australian reports.

Caffeine intoxication may have altered the boy's state so that he performed the robbery while experiencing delirium, said a psychiatrist's report.

A pre-sentence report also pointed to caffeine as a contributing factor, but the medical and psychiatric reports fell short of establishing a causal link, Justice Bailey said.

"At best, the reports may provide some explanation for what occurred but their speculative nature precludes acceptance of them as substantial mitigation," he said.

"All the evidence suggests that until the offence, he was a law-abiding, hardworking, community-minded young man."

Story filed: 11:46 Tuesday 9th October 2001

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