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Especially if they're still moving. Then we could make money off the odds of hitting a twitching target. I like it. The economy will rebound and the world will be a safer place for all.
Like Great America and the piano player.
Especially if they're still moving. Then we could make money off the odds of hitting a twitching target. I like it. The economy will rebound and the world will be a safer place for all.
Actually, Prohibition worked very well in Maine for over eighty years. And you'll still find people here, from old Maine families, who will tell you that Repeal was a mistake. I am one of them, and I see evidence of it around me every day of the year in lives destroyed by the culture of intoxication.
I like to drink as much as the next guy, but I don't understand drinking yourself stupid. I'm always the sober guy among drunks and just look at the people and think 'what idiots.' Why would anybody think making an ass of yourself in public is a good idea?
I like to drink as much as the next guy, but I don't understand drinking yourself stupid. I'm always the sober guy among drunks and just look at the people and think 'what idiots.' Why would anybody think making an ass of yourself in public is a good idea?
That's where responsibility and self-control come into play. Most people have it, but a lot of people don't. That's why I say, "Why penalize the majority who have it just to curb the few who don't?"
A genuine Bacchanalia. Hmmmm. Police in riot gear with rubber bullets and clubs would do it.
Personally I abhor potheads, pillheads, drunkards, and anyone else who feels they can't get through life without some substance as a crutch. In my book they are losers of the highest magnitude who are really just wasting space here on Earth. But on the other hand, I see absolutely no difference between taking a toke and taking a drink, and further I see nothing wrong with the occasional recreational indulgence of either.
Basically the way I look at it, if people are acting a fool, no matter what they are on, arrest them. Arrest them and throw them under the jail. But if people are behaving themselves and just enjoying an occasional buzz, for God's sake, leave them alone.
When you see someone you love destroyed by that taste for an "occasional buzz," when you see someone who is very important to you left a crushed shell of the vibrant young person she once was, and you know that she developed the taste for that "occasional buzz" thru contact with a culture that winks and nods at intoxication and excuses and justifies it because "it's always been there," you may change your view. I will never forgive, and I will never forget.
I can't remember if I've posted this before, but even so, it might be worth repeating.
My father believed that history will eventually recognize 1973 as the high-water mark of American culture. He said that before the 1973 oil crisis, the typical American family could comfortably exist on one income, leaving the other parent free to raise the family offspring. After 1973, more and more families required at least two incomes to meet their needs. This is because families began wanting more things and because the ’73 energy shock increased the prices of most consumer items as measured in real dollars. Thus, after 1973, more and more American children started being raised by someone...or something...other than a parent.
No question about it, my father was often prone to over-simplifying complex issues. But I’ve always thought he might have been correct in his thoughts about this.
AF
I attended a Catholic junior high and public high school. I have no doubt of the quality of education and attention to student welfare between parochial and public school systems. When my wife and I had our son there was little question he'd attend a Catholic school. We are not rich by any means and it made a large impact to our household budget but we don't regret for once second having sent him to a Catholic junior high school. The education and attention by the entire staff is something I wish every child could have. Our son earned a full academic scholarship to high school and college, where he just finished his first year majoring in Biology with a 3.9 grade point average. He is involved with our church and assists the music teacher at his high school. *Please excuse that bit of parental pride showing through*Might have said this before..but my youngest child(Son) went to a small Christian school ..for many good reasons. One of which is: The teachers personally cared. The younger kids looked up to the upperclassmen..and in turn they helped the younger kids and established their friendship and respect. Best thing I ever did. My son is now in his second year of college. In my view..the relationships he made in that type of school are invaluable.
My three older Daughters went to a big public school..and had mixed feelings about what they experienced. A whole different atmosphere and not all so pleasant.
HD
I totally agree! Better to be a parent now than their bailbondsman later.Your son experienced the same thing my sons experience now. I like it---as I have said before. It may cost more now but it will cost less later in therapy sessions.
Lizzie, I am right there with you. I have family members who are an empty shell of what they could have been due to long term drug and alcohol use. To look at them one might see a "functioning" member of society but a slight scratch at the surface will uncover maladjusted, dysfunctional, degenerate leeches stuck on the backside of society. It's mostly due to their insistent "recreational" use of drugs and alcohol.When you see someone you love destroyed by that taste for an "occasional buzz," when you see someone who is very important to you left a crushed shell of the vibrant young person she once was, and you know that she developed the taste for that "occasional buzz" thru contact with a culture that winks and nods at intoxication and excuses and justifies it because "it's always been there," you may change your view. I will never forgive, and I will never forget.
Rue, I'm glad to see you around again, and thanks for the kind thoughts.
I totally agree with that Edward. I've mentioned to folks who advocate for "individual choice/recreational use" that as soon as weed is legal and the market looks good the boys from tobacco are going to unveil themselves and we're back to the bad old days of the population being hooked on cigarettes. I've no doubt the marketing will follow those old patterns too.I wouldn't be surprised if the tobacco industry are neck-deep in that lobby; I remember reading twenty years ago that Marlboro had spent a mint trying to secure the rights to the trade mark "Marley", obviously seeing a marketing niche.
I totally agree with that Edward. I've mentioned to folks who advocate for "individual choice/recreational use" that as soon as weed is legal and the market looks good the boys from tobacco are going to unveil themselves and we're back to the bad old days of the population being hooked on cigarettes. I've no doubt the marketing will follow those old patterns too.
I wouldn't be surprised if the tobacco industry are neck-deep in that lobby; I remember reading twenty years ago that Marlboro had spent a mint trying to secure the rights to the trade mark "Marley", obviously seeing a marketing niche.
I'm not mongering fear but talking about the serious detrimental effects based personal experiences with family members. This is the hard truth the advocates are in total denial about.
I won't have anyone try and bullsh*t me with how benign smoking weed is, how little it effects people, and how mellow and harmless it all is. Anyone who has grown up around this knows the truth.