Azelma wrote:
The list of people more successful than Aestu who have also smoked, or currently smoke, pot is quite long.
As are the list of people who have not smoked. There are also many successful people who are pedophiles, does that mean pedophilia should be legal? How many of those "successful" people smoke pot to silence their demons so they can make money unimpeded by concern?
Dotzilla wrote:
Oh I've no doubt that legalizing it now will drastically change America in the next 50 years, because suddenly instead of people advocating/lobbying for its legalization due to the billions of dollars available to made, you will have people advocating/lobbying because they grew up making billions of dollars, using it, like it, etc.
You're absolutely right - the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries are great guys.
Dotzilla wrote:
The great thing about weed is that when you smoke it (for me and others, but by no means everyone) removes all semblance of emotion from your mind and allows you think coldly, logically, and orderly. Which is why I love to smoke and write code.
THX 1138
Dotzilla wrote:
I only smoke at night, so I can't comment on that effect during the day, but I can say I approach things cautiously, calmly, and rationally.
What you really mean is, you decide what you want believe has to be true.
Dotzilla wrote:
For that reason, I like to think that the human brain evolved around that need for balance. I think people have been using it for thousands of years as a counterweight, to quiet the noise in their minds.
So do you have scientific proof of this? Or is this just another thing you like to believe because it flatters your craving for chems?
Well, I'll elaborate. It is actually true - but not as you believe. The truth is, all faiths, since the beginning of time, have always tried to cynically capitalize on the power of chemicals to break human rationality. The Oracle of Delphi, for example, used psychedelic mushrooms; the Maya had a royal monopoly on chocolate; and all Western faiths except Islam have prayers and rituals specifically connected with alcohol.
This unbroken pattern is also proof that shrinkology is not a science, but a religion.
Dotzilla wrote:
Seriously, Ethan. You can move out here and be my roommate. What better idea for a sitcom do you have than the grizzled, post-war, pothead veteran living with the socially awkward, disenfranchised, undisputed king of semantic rhetoric?
The abundance of people willing to fight wars only proves the abundance of stupid people. Having fought in a meaningless war proves nothing more and nothing less than that you were stupid enough to go do it in the first place, and even stupider to come back and think it was actually an honorable or commendable thing to do.
You try to sound sarcastic but the truth is that being a "king of semantic rhetoric" is a far higher honor than what you can lay claim to. As they say, a free man chooses, a slave obeys; and when you are in the military, or on weed, you obey; the rhetorician chooses.