Aestu wrote:
That is a very facile argument from someone who is fortunate enough to have an inheritance to prop up their own habit. Perhaps your views would be different if you did not have an "immediate family" to meliorate your own condition.
The reality is, though, the only thing that is uniquely American in this discussion, the entire theater of debate about drugs, or any other social issue, is the uniquely American idea that life should be a big free-for-all and that society shouldn't have common institutions or universal standards of morality.
Other societies don't have these kinds of debates because other societies take it for granted that viable societies don't work the way you're describing. They don't have debates as such because they don't have to deal with the consequences and inevitable contradictions in trying to uphold a totally unrealistic and unworkable ideal.
There is no "let them die" society in the world and there will never be.
Way to leave out 50% of facts about my financial situation. Grats on missing the point of my post completely. Even more grats on finding a way to type a response that is twice as long as needed.
Yes, I inherited money when my mom died of cancer. Now, I could have easily quit my job at the time, spent it all on drugs and then once it was gone resorted to stealing and whatever else i could do to get my next fix. This is the only scenario you will accept as ever happening because you were told weed is bad, weed is a gateway drug and weed raped your mom/sister/dog and ate your homework. But what really happened is, i kept working at my job which still payed me a decent salary. I used the money inherited to acquire a nice house(which I still live in) with a decent interest rate on the mortgage. While still working I helped my dad start a concrete construction company in our area. It was relatively small but we got a good amount of work since our quality was way above average for our area and we still held competitive prices. Eventually we sold out to a bigger outfit in the area and we both made a decent amount of cash. I used the money from that sale to pay my house off plus my car. I saved the rest and continued working for salary until my kid was born. Heck, I still do work on the side for cash and make 500-600 dollars a week for maybe 15 hours of my time.
About the let a few go attitude I have. It might seem wrong to others but I have seen what happens when people desperately hold on to saving someone who has given up on every thing, including themselves. Some times when people don't want your help, it's best to leave well enough alone.
[13:56:01] [W From] [Slimecrack]: I just wanted to tell your brown that when I look into its one brown eye, I see joy and love, thank god for your ass, PRAISE JESUS!
