i think were in a slump.
a new topic, please?
how about..... drug use?
i find this tends to branch into many interesting conversations! try it at a party! or on the bus! just watch out for zelots!
my (Omagus) views on drug use: ITS OK!
i back this up with experence. though we can talk about sex and violence in america in a reasonably personal way, we tend to shy away from discussing our personal drug uses. i feel sorta wierd writing this, as if perhaps it will demean me in your eyes or something. but to not mention it would be to keep something hidden, and in an online forum i dont think i really have to worry so much.
anyway, i have done pot [marijuana] like 5 times, and have been seriously drunk once. yes, alchohol is a drug. furthermore, i have some nasty alergys which necessitate my taking various chemicals in order to not explode. they dont give me a rush or anything but i doubt they are good for me. i dont think of myself as a hardcore user at all, and i am very much into "responcible" drug use. i do beleave that one can use drugs responcibly. though it is rationalizing it, i think having a hobby of drug use is like having any other hobby: you can do it and have it be a part of you, or you can do it and have it define you. some people make model airplains, or watch anime, or go mountinclimbing. if they do these things once a week or so, then thats ok. if they do it more often, then they are "really into" something, but its still ok. but, say they do a hobby in all their spair time (cough cough, EQ). where is the line between pastime and addiction? i see drugs as just another hobby. something to do with your friends, which you can do every once in a while and not have it bump other, more important, things out of the way.
i also believe in irresponcible drug use. some people let it consume their whole lives, and thats no good. but is that any different then somebody who spends all their time doing some other thing?
sure, its not healthy. but what is? were all dieing, it just depends on how you want to spend the time until you die. i could spend my days with shitty american telivision, a job i hate and life that did nothing, not even for me. but whats the point? not all lives must be grand, but they all should be satisfying. right? so i may be carving some time out of my life... sitting in a dark room, eating healthy foot and exersyzing regularly will let you live a long time, but what kind of life is it? this isnt a fucking footrace, and i am shooting for quality, not quantity.
which leads to another question: is using drugs a quality time? sure, people say "you dont remember what you did, how could that be fun?", but how many afternoons have you spent sitting on your ass watching TV that you really remember? at least i went and did something.
i dunno, i just find it frustrating that, in the supposed "land of the free", i cant decide what chemicals i want to put into my body. sure, im venting, but it feels good. your thoughts? |