killer weed!
-
joshfl wrote: simple question PJ. Have you ever used Marijuana? Simple answer. No. I saw the effect it was having on the people around me who were using, and it was not a pretty sight. And besides, the stink the stuff gives off is a major turn off for me X|
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
-
So you are saying that you would have no problem with your daughter getting high on marijuana every night, slowly frying her brains to the point she can't function. Heck, why stop at pot, kids are doing crystal meth, so we might as well legalize that too. That way the goverment can make money off it, can set quality standards so that the meth is pure, not laced with crap. It only kills those dumb enough to over do it, but that is their problem, right? The same can be said for any drug. Legalize them all! It's the law that's the problem, not the drugs. We as a civil society have a responsibility to look after the weak among us. And it is better to stop them from hurting themselves in the first place, rather then picking them up after they have hit rock bottom. We will never have 100% success, but we still have to try. Laws are not there to stop people from having fun, they are there to stop people from hurting themselves and others. I would have thought that you, as a Christian, would realize that. Seems that common sense is not so common after all:sigh:
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
PJ Arends wrote: We as a civil society have a responsibility to look after the weak among us. And it is better to stop them from hurting themselves in the first place, rather then picking them up after they have hit rock bottom. We will never have 100% success, but we still have to try. In a word - bullshit. many years ago, back when just having 1 joint could get you 5-10 years in the pen, I was attending a pretty well known school out on the left coast. Back in those halcyon days there was some fine dope around campus - I mean fine. I was holding down 2 jobs and carrying 15 hours and was known, from time to time, to imbibe rather freely and it was in basically the same spirit as a keg party. From my circle of friends there at that time several are at NASA and two are at JPL. One is a fellow at Cal Tech. In other words - it did not rot our brains - make us into zombies - stifle our intellectual curiousity. I am not saying its a good thing - because I don't believe it is - but its not as bad as the propaganda would lead you to believe. In all things moderation serves to describe things very well. Richard "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer --Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
-
Marc Clifton wrote: Let's stick to the subject. "Who are the victims of drug use?" You wanted that answered. I was merely heading off at the pass the lame counter arguments that I often hear. these third-world peasants aren't victims of drug use. they are victims of drug production. and, if we're talking about pot, there's a good chance that it came from Canada, or from rural America (in fact, there's a 100% chance i often knew who grew it, personally). Marc Clifton wrote: From the studies I've read in reputable scientific journals, the answer is yes, it can be true. cite? Marc Clifton wrote: But as these things are discovered, the damaging effects continue to stack up, even for one time usage. i'm not convinced it's meaningful. eating grilled meat has been shown to likely cause cancer. should i stop grilling? not a chance. i'd rather enjoy my life than live in irrational fear of miniscule probablities. Software | Cleek
Chris Losinger wrote: cite? Ah yes, the inevitable "who's the source" challenge. :-D Since reading through medical journals is incomprehensible and generally not very interesting to me, I've been subscribing to this magazine for the last 15 years or so: http://www.sciencenews.org/[^] It's a weekly publication, relatively ad free (*cough*, *cough*) and takes the heavy journals and puts them into somewhat more comprehensible form, covering medicine, physics, chemistry, psychology, etc. Chris Losinger wrote: i'm not convinced it's meaningful. Agreed. But stuff that can potentially effect the DNA of my children even minutely is somewhat of a different moral responsibility than grilling meat. :-D Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Hunt The Wumpus RealDevs.Net
-
Marc Clifton wrote: Let's stick to the subject. "Who are the victims of drug use?" You wanted that answered. I was merely heading off at the pass the lame counter arguments that I often hear. these third-world peasants aren't victims of drug use. they are victims of drug production. and, if we're talking about pot, there's a good chance that it came from Canada, or from rural America (in fact, there's a 100% chance i often knew who grew it, personally). Marc Clifton wrote: From the studies I've read in reputable scientific journals, the answer is yes, it can be true. cite? Marc Clifton wrote: But as these things are discovered, the damaging effects continue to stack up, even for one time usage. i'm not convinced it's meaningful. eating grilled meat has been shown to likely cause cancer. should i stop grilling? not a chance. i'd rather enjoy my life than live in irrational fear of miniscule probablities. Software | Cleek
Chris Losinger wrote: these third-world peasants aren't victims of drug use. they are victims of drug production. ROTF! And, erm, use and production aren't related??? Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Hunt The Wumpus RealDevs.Net
-
Chris Losinger wrote: these third-world peasants aren't victims of drug use. they are victims of drug production. ROTF! And, erm, use and production aren't related??? Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Hunt The Wumpus RealDevs.Net
drugs can be produced without creating victims (Phizer does it all the time, as does Purdue Pharma, Miller and RJ Reynolds); even illegal drugs can be made without creating victims: pot does not require its producer and distributor to live in fear and poverty in order to have the desired effect on the user; a person can grow it in any patch of dirt, without putting themselves under the thumb of organized crime. and regardless of how it's produced, i was asking about the victims created by its use (and specifically, my use). because yes, i know (believe me, i know) for some people drugs will wreck their personal lives, their family, their job, everything. none of that happened when i did it. Software | Cleek
-
I`m SO there wrote: You're an idiot hmmm... You don't know me, yet you call me an idiot. I don't think you are an idiot, just a hot head who reacts negatively to anyone who has a different opinion than you do. It is something you should work on. These forums are for friendly discussion, not for name calling. We all try to get along here so that we can share our knowledge and opinions. Name calling has no part in that. You are new here on CP, but you will learn.
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Chris Losinger wrote: i've taken drugs PJ Arends wrote: Now that explains a lot. That there sounds like some mighty nice discussin'. It sounds to me like you reacted quite negatively towards Chris because his opinion on this subject differs from yours. I was pointing out that reacting negatively (like you did, then I did on purpose) gets us nowhere. You completely missed the point. I still haven't found what I'm lookin' for - U2
-
I`m SO there wrote: You're an idiot hmmm... You don't know me, yet you call me an idiot. I don't think you are an idiot, just a hot head who reacts negatively to anyone who has a different opinion than you do. It is something you should work on. These forums are for friendly discussion, not for name calling. We all try to get along here so that we can share our knowledge and opinions. Name calling has no part in that. You are new here on CP, but you will learn.
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
...and I'm not new here. I've been reading these discussions and participating occasionally for over 2 years. I started a fresh account because I felt like it. I still haven't found what I'm lookin' for - U2
-
Chris Losinger wrote: i've taken drugs PJ Arends wrote: Now that explains a lot. That there sounds like some mighty nice discussin'. It sounds to me like you reacted quite negatively towards Chris because his opinion on this subject differs from yours. I was pointing out that reacting negatively (like you did, then I did on purpose) gets us nowhere. You completely missed the point. I still haven't found what I'm lookin' for - U2
Oh, go get as sense of humour
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
-
...and I'm not new here. I've been reading these discussions and participating occasionally for over 2 years. I started a fresh account because I felt like it. I still haven't found what I'm lookin' for - U2
-
Oh, go get as sense of humour
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
I think it's you who needs to get a sense of humor. Inserting a nice "friendly" attack in the middle of a serious discussion, without indication that it's a joke, doesn't indicate a good sense of humor to me. Do you really think anyone thought you were joking? Anyways, I'm outta here. I gotta go pick up a sense of humor. Hopefully I can get one as good as yours! :P;) see, it's a joke! I still haven't found what I'm lookin' for - U2
-
I`m SO there wrote: I started a fresh account because I felt like it. So.... who were you before?? Inquiring minds want to know. ;P "The gay marriage thing scared me, but that's only because I thought at first it was mandatory." Jon Stewart
Hmm, I can be anybody I want, right? Well, here's a few hints: I produced OVER 2,000,000,000,000 INFOMERCIALS, with 1,000,000 CELEBRITIES!!!!! I invented a TECHNOLOGY to allow INTERNET downloads of 5,000 GIGABYTES in ZERO, YES ZERO (!!), SECONDS! I don't want to make it too obvious though, so that's all you get. * *Here's[^] my old profile. :laugh::laugh: I still haven't found what I'm lookin' for - U2
-
Hmm, I can be anybody I want, right? Well, here's a few hints: I produced OVER 2,000,000,000,000 INFOMERCIALS, with 1,000,000 CELEBRITIES!!!!! I invented a TECHNOLOGY to allow INTERNET downloads of 5,000 GIGABYTES in ZERO, YES ZERO (!!), SECONDS! I don't want to make it too obvious though, so that's all you get. * *Here's[^] my old profile. :laugh::laugh: I still haven't found what I'm lookin' for - U2
That would certainly explain the "SO" in caps in your new name. Subtle. :) Regards, Alvaro
Give a man a fish, he owes you one fish. Teach a man to fish, you give up your monopoly on fisheries.
-
I'd be honored! ;) "We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." James Madison, "Father of the U.S. Constitution"
-
joshfl wrote: simple question PJ. Have you ever used Marijuana? Simple answer. No. I saw the effect it was having on the people around me who were using, and it was not a pretty sight. And besides, the stink the stuff gives off is a major turn off for me X|
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
PJ Arends wrote: simple question PJ. Have you ever used Marijuana? Simple answer. No. Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER tried and/or used marijuana , PJ can assure you all that it has absolutly nothing to offer. Thats a mighty solid position you have there, lol. Legalize Marijuana
-
PJ Arends wrote: simple question PJ. Have you ever used Marijuana? Simple answer. No. Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER tried and/or used marijuana , PJ can assure you all that it has absolutly nothing to offer. Thats a mighty solid position you have there, lol. Legalize Marijuana
joshfl wrote: Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER tried and/or used marijuana , PJ can assure you all that it has absolutly nothing to offer. Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER shot himself in the face with a 12 ga. shotgun, Mike can assure you all that it has absolutely nothing to offer. :rolleyes: "The gay marriage thing scared me, but that's only because I thought at first it was mandatory." Jon Stewart
-
PJ Arends wrote: simple question PJ. Have you ever used Marijuana? Simple answer. No. Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER tried and/or used marijuana , PJ can assure you all that it has absolutly nothing to offer. Thats a mighty solid position you have there, lol. Legalize Marijuana
Ok, then tell a poor old ignorant fool like myself what it has to offer. Maybe you, the wisest, most enlightened one among us, can finally answer my question of WHY?!? Maybe you can enlighten me as to all the great and good things that await those who partake in the weed, how smoking it will make ones life so much better, so much richer and more fulfilling. Tell me how doing drugs will make my business more successful, my family love me more, my friends think more highly of me. Tell me how it will make others take my opinions seriously. I want to know what it has to offer that is so far lacking in my life.
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
-
Ok, then tell a poor old ignorant fool like myself what it has to offer. Maybe you, the wisest, most enlightened one among us, can finally answer my question of WHY?!? Maybe you can enlighten me as to all the great and good things that await those who partake in the weed, how smoking it will make ones life so much better, so much richer and more fulfilling. Tell me how doing drugs will make my business more successful, my family love me more, my friends think more highly of me. Tell me how it will make others take my opinions seriously. I want to know what it has to offer that is so far lacking in my life.
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
PJ Arends wrote: Ok, then tell a poor old ignorant fool like myself what it has to offer. Maybe you, the wisest, most enlightened one among us, can finally answer my question of WHY?!? Maybe you can enlighten me as to all the great and good things that await those who partake in the weed, how smoking it will make ones life so much better, so much richer and more fulfilling. Tell me how doing drugs will make my business more successful, my family love me more, my friends think more highly of me. Tell me how it will make others take my opinions seriously. I want to know what it has to offer that is so far lacking in my life. see my new topic. Legalize Marijuana
-
joshfl wrote: Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER tried and/or used marijuana , PJ can assure you all that it has absolutly nothing to offer. Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER shot himself in the face with a 12 ga. shotgun, Mike can assure you all that it has absolutely nothing to offer. :rolleyes: "The gay marriage thing scared me, but that's only because I thought at first it was mandatory." Jon Stewart
:-D 5
[
](http://www.canucks.com)"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" mYkel - 21 Jun '04 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
-
joshfl wrote: Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER tried and/or used marijuana , PJ can assure you all that it has absolutly nothing to offer. Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER shot himself in the face with a 12 ga. shotgun, Mike can assure you all that it has absolutely nothing to offer. :rolleyes: "The gay marriage thing scared me, but that's only because I thought at first it was mandatory." Jon Stewart
Mike Mullikin wrote: Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER shot himself in the face with a 12 ga. shotgun, Mike can assure you all that it has absolutely nothing to offer. It does have something to offer to someone who is suicidal. ;) Besides, I don't think such an extreme example as yours applies to marijuana. Let's see, 0 , count them 0 deaths EVER recorded in the U.S. due to marijuana. I'm just guessing here, maybe 97% of all people shot in the face w/ a 12 gauge shotgun die instantaneously. Legalize Marijuana
-
Mike Mullikin wrote: Remember kids, as someone who has NEVER shot himself in the face with a 12 ga. shotgun, Mike can assure you all that it has absolutely nothing to offer. It does have something to offer to someone who is suicidal. ;) Besides, I don't think such an extreme example as yours applies to marijuana. Let's see, 0 , count them 0 deaths EVER recorded in the U.S. due to marijuana. I'm just guessing here, maybe 97% of all people shot in the face w/ a 12 gauge shotgun die instantaneously. Legalize Marijuana
joshfl wrote: Let's see, 0 , count them 0 deaths EVER recorded in the U.S. due to marijuana. I disagree. There have been 10's of thousands of people over the years and across the world who have died in auto accidents who had alcohol AND marijuana in their systems. Who's to say which one made them drive 100 mph into the bridge embankment... while on the way to the Kwik-E-Mart... for Cheetos? ;P "The gay marriage thing scared me, but that's only because I thought at first it was mandatory." Jon Stewart