spacejunk
Bluelight Crew
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- May 21, 2011
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@wolfspider - i'm not exactly sure what you are asking here.
if you are trying to understand what this thread (and this forum) is about, Bluelight is a harm minimisation forum. rather than accepting the dogmatic approach taken by much of society in regard to drugs, most of us see the most realistic and pragmatic approach to reducing the harms of drugs in society involves open and frank discussion.
yes, there is much fear and shame about drugs in society - and this only makes drug use more risky for those that (for whatever reason) choose to take them.
one of the most revolutionary innovations of the internet is to break down the censorship of what people see, hear, read and say.
rather than street-level drug information being censored or shunned as "illegal activity" or somehow beyond the pale, people now have the freedom to discuss these things - that is where this sort of thread comes in. in a community such as drug-using communities with limited, secretive interactions, these sorts of discussion boards can be very valuable. not only can people share their knowledge about safe ways to consume said substances, they can also learn harm reduction techniques such as testing your drugs, not to mention having myths dispelled.
i don't really understand what much of your post is getting at, though.
"etched in concrete" - i'm not sure i understand. are you saying that people are making comments that they may come to regret, or that may land them in legal trouble?
there has been much discussion in the past regarding the relative safety of posting on sites such as this. so long as individuals don't give too much autobiographical information away, and stick to the various rules that exist on the boards, it is genuinely accepted that we are fairly safe.
there is also a big difference in my mind between the statements (and photographs) about drugs that come from a drug user as opposed to a drug dealer. we are not speaking from a position in organised crime - if anything, most of us here are generally normal (otherwise law-abiding) citizens who happen to take drugs. personally i don't see this as anything to be ashamed of!
i think i speak for most people here in saying that we would rather see healthy debate and discussion of drugs than the sort of censored, misinformed, dogmatic propaganda that passes for much "official" information about drugs.
if we only had information handed down from us from law enforcement and hypocritical governments (taxable drugs: good, all other drugs: bad) then we would all be living in a state of paranoid ignorance.
i'm not sure who these "special police" that you speak of are, but i'm sure tif they wanted to detain anyone, they would find reason to do so regardless of posts on a HR forum.
as i say, i don't really know what you are saying, but i hope i have addressed some of your concerns?
if you are trying to understand what this thread (and this forum) is about, Bluelight is a harm minimisation forum. rather than accepting the dogmatic approach taken by much of society in regard to drugs, most of us see the most realistic and pragmatic approach to reducing the harms of drugs in society involves open and frank discussion.
yes, there is much fear and shame about drugs in society - and this only makes drug use more risky for those that (for whatever reason) choose to take them.
one of the most revolutionary innovations of the internet is to break down the censorship of what people see, hear, read and say.
rather than street-level drug information being censored or shunned as "illegal activity" or somehow beyond the pale, people now have the freedom to discuss these things - that is where this sort of thread comes in. in a community such as drug-using communities with limited, secretive interactions, these sorts of discussion boards can be very valuable. not only can people share their knowledge about safe ways to consume said substances, they can also learn harm reduction techniques such as testing your drugs, not to mention having myths dispelled.
i don't really understand what much of your post is getting at, though.
"etched in concrete" - i'm not sure i understand. are you saying that people are making comments that they may come to regret, or that may land them in legal trouble?
there has been much discussion in the past regarding the relative safety of posting on sites such as this. so long as individuals don't give too much autobiographical information away, and stick to the various rules that exist on the boards, it is genuinely accepted that we are fairly safe.
there is also a big difference in my mind between the statements (and photographs) about drugs that come from a drug user as opposed to a drug dealer. we are not speaking from a position in organised crime - if anything, most of us here are generally normal (otherwise law-abiding) citizens who happen to take drugs. personally i don't see this as anything to be ashamed of!
i think i speak for most people here in saying that we would rather see healthy debate and discussion of drugs than the sort of censored, misinformed, dogmatic propaganda that passes for much "official" information about drugs.
if we only had information handed down from us from law enforcement and hypocritical governments (taxable drugs: good, all other drugs: bad) then we would all be living in a state of paranoid ignorance.
i'm not sure who these "special police" that you speak of are, but i'm sure tif they wanted to detain anyone, they would find reason to do so regardless of posts on a HR forum.
as i say, i don't really know what you are saying, but i hope i have addressed some of your concerns?
