Wow, my most successful thread ever. No big shock.
I don’t have the time or energy to respond to everything, (as noted, I need a nap) but here’s what I want to say:
A lot of you can eat it. Most of you who slam me for being “violent” or “foul-mouthed” are just getting defensive because I’ve stepped on a lot of people’s toes with this thread. The actual content of the OP is pretty much small potatoes by Pit standards.
Twist of Fate, you misunderstood. I’m not sure I should even bother to clear this up considerning what you said to me, but: of course I care about the victims of drunk drivers. I don’t care about them as a point of argument, as in “alcohol kills more people than marijuana, and alcohol is legal, therefore there is no reason for marijuana to be illegal.” Clear?
How do I feel about upstanding members of the community who smoke? M’eh. It annoys me, just like drinking annoys me. I think it’s stupid. But I don’t want to cave in these people’s heads like those who make the obtaining and smoking of pot a lifestyle and let it bleed into their public life. If I could erase mood-altering substances from existence, I would. But I can’t have everything, obviously, and I’m willing to compromise by harboring only mild ill-will for casual smokers, like I would towards somebody who watches “Friends” or enjoys sports. As for medical marijuana… Well, fine, whatever. Suffering is bad. But again, I think this is an excuse 95% of the time. Yeah, that dreadlocked guy who tried to get me to sign a petition to get medical marijuana legalized had cancer, I’m sure.
As for those of you who doubt the existence of hippies and related types: I live in Eugene, Oregon, okay? For a town of 100,000 some people, it is remarkably packed with various miscreants, including a huge number of smelly, lazy “duuuuude” types. Sometimes we have “anarchist riots,” which consist largely of people dancing naked, as if this will somehow destroy capitalism. Before coming here, I went to Hampshire College in MA, whose high tuition and loose attitudes combine to attract the worst kind of individual that exists: the rich hippie. I had people in the hall of my dorm who would stare at candles, burn incense and play sitar music. I had people who would let their dirty-ass boyfriends crash for a week and never shower once despite the endless sex. Then there was the guy whose joint set off the fire alarm at 4:00 in the morning when it was raining and the temperature was below freezing. As somebody noted, people who think “it’s all good” is a philosophy to live by are NOT innocuous or “only hurting themselves.” They are a nuisance, like cockroaches, rats, and Survivor-mania.
Oldscratch is half right. The things you found funny were, yes, SUPPOSED to be funny. I mean, did you REALLY think I wrote the sentence “eat fist, dreadlocked miscreant!” with a straight face? However, I’m not sending up the attitudes of the “squares” while I smoke a bowl and roll around in my own filth. The sentiments are about right. Would you believe I used to think straight-edgers were self-righteous asses?
