MushroomRyder25
Bluelighter
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2012
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- 91
To be honest guys, it bugs that shit out of me when people say stuff about the family of someone who died because of drugs. I am with you all in the believe the Drug War is futile and causes more harm including death than if we legalized and regulated drugs and being a snitch is shitty but I never would say a word about a grieving family member. Not only did they lose a loved one, they have no real grasp, for most cases, on the detriment of prohibition and buy into all the propaganda the media and government feeds us.
No one was particularly bad in this thread but I see it a lot. It is unlikely that a parent blaming a dealer, or research chemicals, or whatever, is going to have any impact on changing any policy. Sorry for a bit of a rant. Most in this thread are excellent posters and I respect you all, but just felt I needed to say it.
Agreed.
I also agree with NSA about the tunes people like to hum to.
There is no doubt about it that this is THE mature drug forum. The realist. The most professional. The one with the most knowledgeable people. But when snitching comes up everyone becomes super hard and certain posts become reminiscent of rap lyrics. I'm GL but this isn't my first account, I usually forget my info after years of inactivity. I've been reading here daily since '02.
Some people are true to that tune, most aren't completely. Most of us will never be in a situation where snitching will actually change our lives in a major way....maybe a simple possession charge will be dropped or some other small misdemeanor but nothing really substantial.
My refusal made little difference for me.....simple possession. When it comes down to real time though, I have no idea what I'd honestly do. I'll say I would never.....but I'll never know until I'm in that position.
I'm not justifying it or trying to, I'm just saying that things are much easier said than done and I really figured more people would be empathetic to that. Not sympathetic but empathetic.
We can't know until we're there.
The "hardest" guy I've ever known got caught and served two years. It was originally looking like 10+. He got out and when it would come up he would always talk about how "snitches get stitches" and he "took his like a man" and blah blah blah but the reduced sentence never came with a good explanation and the city he used to pick up from was off-limits to him. He wouldn't even drive THROUGH it with four other guys in the car. Plus his guy got busted while his case was still being prosecuted. I could be reading way too much into it but the facts never added up to me or a few others in my circle.
The point of this is just to say it's easy to say things.