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Subject: Re: Mescaline (Re: The War on Drugs-1 year old today)
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Date: Sun, 1-Nov-87 18:26:37 EST
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Summary: Now, Eric, relax, your mouth is foaming..
Brad: What have you done with Janet?
Frankie: Nothing..Why, do you think I should?

In article <1184@puff.wisc.edu> mading@puff.wisc.edu (Eric Mading) writes:

>Mr. Meaders is absolutely correct!  It is just sad that some intelligent 
>netters who want drugs like LSD legalized so they can use the drug without 
>fear of going to jail have no real life. If they were to die right now, 
>few would mourn their death because they never lived.  As for me, who gets 
>high on life without most chemicals,

Out of sheer curiosity, what chemicals do you use? You insisisted on the
qualification, but didn't clarify it. (Yes, this _is_ a serious question.
The flaming comes later.)

>I will be missed when I pass on to heaven.  

Heaven. Ah. I see. I won't start flaming here, because I do know some Xtians
who are real humans. (Wait--that _was_ a flame, wasn't it..sorry about that)

>That is because I am
>LIVING.  Those who use drugs are not living, they are just EXISTING.

HOW DO YOU KNOW? I know all caps are trite, but the question deserves them.
How do you know drugs are bad, and that people who use them are so foul?
Have you used any of them? Have you ever dropped acid or mesc? Ever taken
opium or eaten a hashish brownie? Ever even just sat around with friends and
passed around a bowl?

If you haven't, if you're just creating opinions with no information, you
have no call to be calling names. Before you start throwing your feelings
around in such a bloody self-important know-all tone, you should know what
you're talking about. If you don't want to risk your own body with
experimenting, find a friend, someone you can trust, who has used drugs, or
does use them, and ask them. Talk to them. With an open mind (which means,
start listening as though you don't know _anything_ about the subject. Don't
let _any_ existing ideas color anything or cut of any other ideas).

I was considering considering flaming some of your other well-publicized
opinions, say, concerning homosexuality, but all I can do is to tell you the
same thing. Make sure you know what you're talking about before you act like
an authority. Maybe you'll learn something new.

If you want, I can send you a good recipe for hashish brownies. Lots of
chocolate (my personal favorite psychodrug), produce a better buzz than
alcohol without the hangovers or the bad breath, and just generally promote
a nice, relaxed attitude. Great for parties.

(followups to alt-flame, please.)

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