Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonWell opiate means it quells the masses, opium is merely a drug. The opiate translation is grammatically and contextually correct.

It never occurred to me to correct Marx's grammar. As the quote is translated to 'opium' rather than 'opiate' I'd always taken it to mean that it is a drug, and a particularly addictive one at that. Guess why an opiate quells the masses? 'cos it's derived from a powerful drug...

They must give you drugs in Church, why else would anyone bother going... :eek: