SeaWulfe. Using one problem to justify another simply signifies you have a problem. This may be bad, but this is bad to, therefore its alright to do this. What ideology is that? Martian?
Well no, I was just showing you that if someone who smokes weed (not every day) has a problem... then there are billions of people on this planet who have a problem. People pop paxil and other OTC drugs to make their life more liveable for them. The only difference between weed and those prescription drugs is that you are being told one is bad while the other (with far more horrible side effects) you are being told is a great way to help "you" enjoy life.
As for educating myself on the issue. Apparently if you read a book. It must be true. If you see it on the internet. It must be true. If this expert tells me so. It must be true.
Do you see the stupidity in that SW?
So basically you are telling me that the only person you believe on this issue is no one? I didn't just read a book, or see it on the internet, a lot of my "education" on this issue came straight from the US Government.
You smoke a few cones, pack a few bongs, roll a few joints and slap some hash blocks under your tongue, so you must be the expert.
See above.
I meet people with that same thought process every day of the week. Blinded in knowledge and the books of their culture and the infinite wisdom of their peers.
The only thing blinding with regards to this subject is the lies and misinformation you've been fed your entire life. It's not your fault, the government runs the country and so they can freely tell you what they want. The studies are out there... but again, if you choose to believe no one on this subject then there's really no way you can ever reach the truth.
If your not. Then you know me well enough to know, that i'll tell you straight. "I told you so."
Yup, but I'm not saying anything along the lines of pot isn't bad. I'm simply trying to give you the real deal on it. Yeah, it can give you lung cancer. Yeah, it can slow down your reaction time. But then again, what drug (legal or not) doesn't?
Of course, telling the gibbering mindless vacant eyed zombies that cant remember yesterday let alone anything I told them on a BBS once when they remembered how to type, could be a problem.
See, that's the problem right there. You deal with burn outs and morons all the time apparently... they are the definition of pot heads. I remember yesterday perfectly fine... of course, I don't live my life in a doped up haze. I do it on MY own time when there will be no repercussions.
I know plenty of people who go home after work and pop back a few cold ones to relax. Why do you think going home and smoking a bowl or a joint is any different than that? Somehow I will magically turn into a gibbering mindless vacant eyed zombie? It just don't work that way.
If you dealt with hard core drunks all day, you'd see the correlation between the two I am making. A hard core pothead and a hardcore drunk are one in the same, they are both mindless vacant eyed zombies without a thought in there head except getting their next fix. OTOH, someone who drinks 2 or 3 beers a night is a far cry from a hard core drunk and can live their lives very happily without any problems. Just like someone who smokes a bowl, takes a bong hit, or smokes a joint a night. They are no different in terms of functioning in society as anyone else, they just happen to get high for a couple hours in their own homes.
-SW
