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YAY! TODAY SUCKED!!!
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on November 15, 2004, 05:26:27 am ---That song kicks as*! APC! wOOt!
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Yeah, I like John Lennon too.
danny_galaga:
floyd, in your 'free' society you have the choice: you can either listen to all these wowsers or you can watch 'chicago hope'. you're totally free to decide ;)
http://dir.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/13/drugs/index.html
teef two:
Might as well have a say then. I've been "drug aware" since about the age of 18. Many of my friends, in fact all I can safely say, have tried the "softer" drugs. A couple of them still smoke fairly regularly. Not one is a psycho, a thief or unemployed. In fact they all have good jobs, pay taxes, have houses etc etc.
When I was a lot younger I think we all tried stuff like magic mushrooms and a bit of speed (amphetamine) but frankly I didn't like it as it was far too intense and no one else I'm friends with has touched that sort of stuff since their early twenties.
The way I see it is that if I want to occasionally have an evening of smoking and playing video games then I'm not much harming society - perhaps myself but then, I take that responsibility.
If drugs were banned tomorrow and there was no way to get more then all the former addicts would merely become alcoholics. The root cause is deeper and is a problem of society and addictive personality, not a green leaf.
All things in excess are dangerous. For example too much fat and lack of excercise leads to a nation with a real obesity problem. How many people die of heart disease each year? But do we hear a shout for banning fast food?
As a father I do not intend to forbid my son to do drugs, self-defeating effort. What I do intend to do is educate him on the effects, both good and bad, that they will have. I hope that given this information he may well choose to smoke the occasional joint but hopefully won't pop pills, snort coke or inject heroin. By this I don't mean that I'll actually encourage him to get stoned, and certainly not before he's 18. I hope that he'll know I won't condemn him if he does. Anyway, he's only 5 now so plenty of years to get the speech right!
So no, I don't hate all drugs. I just wish there could be a consistent approach towards them. Grouping weed and alcohol in the same bracket seems reasonable to me - then you can be for outright prohibition with a clear conscience.
Be much better to educate people in the danger of dependence than try to fight a war that was already lost 200 years ago.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: teef two on November 15, 2004, 08:26:08 am ---If drugs were banned tomorrow and there was no way to get more then all the former addicts would merely become alcoholics. The root cause is deeper and is a problem of society and addictive personality, not a green leaf.
All things in excess are dangerous. For example too much fat and lack of excercise leads to a nation with a real obesity problem. How many people die of heart disease each year? But do we hear a shout for banning fast food?
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hear, hear!!
General Zod:
The saddest thing about this whole thread is the fact that Floyd10 has once again used his "PushButton" magic to ensnare the members of this community. Chances are, he's sitting back laughing at every one of them.
Come on y'all, you wouldn't talk to this guy on the streets, why even entertain his ramblings on the board? All it really does is make us fight amongst ourselves, and where does that lead to?
Seriously guys, I wouldn't even reply to Floyd's topics. Maybe then he'll pack up toys & bag of tricks and go play elsewhere. ;D