Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!amdahl!ihnp4!homxb!homxc!ldm From: ldm@homxc.UUCP (the wharf rat) Newsgroups: alt.flame,alt.drugs Subject: Just say "No, you're an idiot" Summary: A *REAL* flame. Message-ID: <1289@homxc.UUCP> Date: 11 Feb 88 00:57:06 GMT References: <1899@optilink.UUCP> <518@ddsw1.UUCP> <382@igloo.UUCP> <187@soleil.UUCP> Organization: Viola Lee's Blues Lines: 49 In article <187@soleil.UUCP>, grina@soleil.UUCP (Pete Grina) writes: > > My point was that drugs are dangerous and stupid. > It's a damn shame that things like heroin, cocaine, and > AIDS exist. Even without the AIDS risk, drug users are risking their > lives. If you can't believe this, just go out and buy a couple of grams > of from a variety of dealers. Hey, aren't you the same weinie that posted the "The difference between Liberals and us Real Folks is that you Liberals think you can do whatever you want, but us Real Folks do whatever we're told" article ? Well, look here, you Party-line Conservative That's-Immoral Uptight Constipated Narrow-Minded Moralizing Bozo, people who use drugs are risking their lives because some Goddamned Idiot Moralist (like you, putz) decided "Hey, gee, if we don't make this illegal some poor moron might actually have to think for himself". You schmuck, it's not DRUGS that are dangerous, it's dealing with criminals and buying black-market merchandise !! OK, so cocaine && opiates are addicting, and your average American Young Person isn't taught how to be responsible and think before he does something. You probably couldn't make these things freely available without damage. And some drugs, like PCP, are poison. But lots aren't.... So what do you and your Yes-we-can-have-a-Police-State-Your-Lifetime buddies do ? Teach people about the dangers of these things, and urge them to act intelligently ?? NOOOOO, YOU tell them that smoking marijuana will Destroy Their Lives, and that One Dose of Cocaine will turn you into a Mindless Fiend, if it doesn't kill ya outright. So what happens then ? "Gee, they lied to me about everything else, why should I believe what they said about doing this?" If you really wanted to make a difference, you'd teach people the truth about things, and help them to be the best that they can, instead of trying to force them into your little robot molds. People turn to addiction out of desperation with their lives. This desperation is a direct result of the materialistic manipulative shallow suffocating prison that passes for American Culture. "Don't do drugs, just turn screws on an assembly line like a good little robot for 25 years, then die and don't bother me, peon". "Don't do drugs, if you need spiritual experiences, go to church. My church." "Don't do drugs, buy videocassettes". Yuck. Glad I opted out of all that shit. Including drugs, by the way... There's other ways to enlightenment, other ways to have a good time. But people deserve to be free to choose what works for them ! Not what works for some anal-retentive pin-headed prick who needs a good motto for his campaign posters. the wharf rat "Someday, life'll be smooth like a raphsody, when I paint my masterpiece"