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   Message 49,952 of 51,410   
   Charles Bishop to Duggy   
   Re: VICE: Columbian Devil's Breath   
   25 Mar 16 10:37:52   
   
   From: ctbishop@earthlink.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Duggy  wrote:   
      
   > A friend was saying they were really getting into watch VICE documentaries   
   > and told me about this one about a really scary drug called "Devil's Breath"   
   > which criminal gangs would put a drop of in a tourist's drink, blow it in   
   > their face or stab with a coated pin.  This put them in a trance (but they   
   > look aware) and then they are told to empty their bank account and other   
   > things...   
   >   
   > I tried watching it, but the gonzo style and interviews with random strangers   
   > (not to mention the "I didn't believe it when I was given the story, but once   
   > I talked to people...") just yelled beat-up.   
   >   
   > I didn't get far through it before giving up, so I don't know if they have   
   > any real information.  However, I was googling it while watching and   
   > discovered that the powerful drug in question I'd taken as a sea-sick   
   > medication.  I don't recall falling into a trance.  (But I guess I wouldn't.)   
      
   Why not stab yourself with a pin coated with it?   
   >   
   > Anyone bother to watch the whole things and does it stay as dodgy as I   
   > thought?  Or has anyone seen any other VICE documentaries?  Are they all this   
   > bad or was that just a bad example?   
      
   I haven't seen any other of their documentaries, but from the content of   
   the one above, I haven't missed much.   
      
   A quick look at Google produces this quote from Wiki---   
      
      1. Vice (stylised as VICE) is a documentary TV-series created and   
   hosted by Shane Smith of Vice magazine. Produced by Bill Maher, it uses   
   CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria as a consultant, and covers topics using   
   an immersionist style of documentary filmmaking. It premiered April 5,   
   2013, on HBO.   
      
      
      
   --   
   charles   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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