fairnymph
Ex-Bluelighter
My point about the hemlock, was that there are PLENTY of 'natural' toxins and that natural drugs aren't any more likely to be better than synthetic drugs.
I guess what really upsets me about the weed smokers is how chill they are....TOO chill. I mean, a comatose person is REALLY DAMN CHILL...but boring as fuck. I won't say that weed smokers can be compared to people in comas, but I cannot help but notice that weed DULLS the intensity and vivacity of so many of those who smoke it. It's really sad to watch people I care about lose so much of what I like about them every time they smoke.
I like PASSION, INTENSITY, and INTELLECTUAL DRIVE. Those are the elements I value most, and the ones I see disappear when someone lights up a joint. And that is fundamentally why I have a deep hatred for weed.
Thanks fairnymph - that entirely sums up how I feel about weed too.
My boyfriend retreats into an impetatrable shell when he's had a few bongs... it's frustrating and damaging to our relationship. It's like sitting in a room with someone who's had a lobotomy.
I think weed - when abused - can be a very selfish drug.
And in fairnymph's defense... Agressive and Rude? :D hahahha. She's a strong woman with opinions, but from what I've seen in SLR she shows more compassion, integrity and insight than any person her age I've ever met.
people like you are making this world decay.
Wow! Thanks.
Well it's a rediculous arguement. FN already tried to explain this to you and you started ranting off about E, cigarettes, and brain damage so I'm not even gonna try and take a stab at it. You'll continue to believe that if something is "natural" it must be safe and you'll continue to be completely wrong. It's that simple.
natural drugs are safer than synthetic drugs
I can tell you will refuse to admit you are wrong, regardless of how I or anyone else tries to convince you, but this statement is simply WRONG. Can you provide me with a single medical/scientific article to back up your view? You simply cannot state things as fact when they are not.
Yes, weed is less dangerous than MDMA, but cigarettes are more dangerous than aspirin...weeeeeeee! So, you see your point is completely invalid.
I can think of HUNDREDS of examples where 'natural' drugs are more dangerous than 'synthetic drugs'.
-Ephedra from the Ma Huang plant is far worse for the body/nervous system than synthetic amphetamine
-GHB is easier on the body (not including risk of OD) than alcohol (naturally occurring)
-LSA (a naturally occurring psychedelic in morning glory seeds) has far more nasty/unpleasant effects than LSD, its synthetic counterpart
I'm sure that you could come up with plenty of natural drugs that are better than synthetic drugs, too. And I'm not saying that some natural drugs aren't better than some synthetic drugs...but one kind of drug isn't better than the other.
Thus, trying to justify weed use as being 'acceptable' because it is 'natural' is totally meaningless as well as plain ignorant.
[ 16 January 2003: Message edited by: fairnymph ]
and for the record, i was lazy and unmotivated before i was a pot smoker.
LMFAO! I think that's why I enjoy smoking pot so much - it gives me an excuse to be lazy :D
I think this dead horse has been well and truly flogged, and it looks like opinions are split. If anyone has anything else to add, then can we try and argue without resorting to calling each other names? Cheers![]()
For those few who think I'm 'aggressive and rude', you obviously don't know me well (check out my work in my forums).I have always felt strongly about a variety of topics and if some people misinterpret that in a solely negative way, then they're missing the point.
I have read your work in your forums, and often I do find you to be 'aggressive and rude' in those as well. I admit I don't know you well, but frankly often you don't act like the kind of person I'd like to get to know well.
Back to the weed, well put it this way, its a drug, like any other drug, and it has its negative side effects and so on, but its far less damaging, both as far as lifestyle is concerned, and as far as immediate health dangers and neurotoxicity are concerned, than many other drugs. I enjoy the odd cone now and then, but it's not a highly regular thing for me. I enjoy it on its own, not really in combination with other drugs, though its custom made for comedown smoking.
So I'm defending weed as a weed atheist here.![]()
-plaz out-
If anyone has anything else to add, then can we try and argue without resorting to calling each other names?
Yeah, no shit! Maybe those who are so quick to make unfair (and invalid) assumptions about my personality should just start a whole 'who hates fairnymph the evil bitch?' thread instead of hijacking this thread.
[ 17 January 2003: Message edited by: fairnymph ]
Originally posted by randycaver:
in fact i know people who turn down 40K a year jobs and would rather stick to their minimum wage shit positions simply because they DONT WANT TO TAKE A DRUG TEST because they SMOKE POT.
God, I'm glad that I don't live in AmeriKKKa, and I was able to get a 40k+ job without a drug test.
[ 18 January 2003: Message edited by: monstercan-D ]