Listen to these ignoramuses.... Buckley arrives at the right answer for wrong reasons.... they're a pair of completely deluded ignoramuses pulling ideas out of their arses about "drugs" in general as though all drugs were the same and part of one big category of evil substances. Pot is safer than alcohol. Ecstasy has also been proven safe. Cocaine and heroin are bad news. But even those substance, frankly the overwhelming majority of people who have taken them didnt develop a problem.
A conservative grounded in reality, who doesn't presume to advocate his own moral standards for the whole of society, is a very refreshing thing to see. Most conservatives today, I would think, would almost reflexively be against the legalization of drugs; not because they had put any thought into the war on drugs as practical policy, but only because they feel that their own moral punctilios ought to be observed by everyone in the country.
@Aphoresis Yes, but the neocons of today rarely present strong arguments, or even any argument at all. It's not their conclusions which offend me but the silly, impenetrable logic they follow to get there.
Drugs make people dumber. And legalization of drugs would dumb down our society and culture even more than it is dumbed down now. Porn is a drug and it is rampant today. It is everywhere. The acceptance of porn as something that is not good because it degrades women and manipulates men from focusing on things that are productive and important, like work, GOD, family, and education. Porn, like drugs is addictive and destructive.
I'd like to see the direct empirical connection between the use of a drug, such as marijuana, and a lowered IQ. As far as I know there is no such evidence. Indeed pornography can be addictive but no, it is not "everywhere". You live in a land where you are free to disregard things which you disapprove of, thank God.But like any addictive substance porno or drugs play on natural human inclinations toward pleasure. People should not be stigmatized for being human, they should be loved.
@TruthWielder Anything which is abused is bad. But there is absolutely no link between marijuana and a lower IQ. Indeed, its my smartest friends, who work in law, medicine, architecture, who enjoy using, and even perhaps abusing, marijuana.
In my experience, alcohol is the drug of choice for the feckless, the unintelligent, those with character defects and weaknesses, because it allows you to numb yourself so effectively. I don't find this to be the case with marijuana.
@disamjisa You find this to be the case because you aren't involved in this world. I don't know if you use marijuana but you sound like you do so im assuming your projecting the fact that anything your involved in isn't as bad as it sounds. and alcoholics or people who think it's fine that they are regular drinkers will do the same. Some of the weakest people I've ever seen were potheads, and the same with drinking.
@disamjisa You find this to be the case because you aren't involved in this world. I don't know if you use marijuana but you sound like you do so im assuming your projecting the fact that anything your involved in isn't as bad as it sounds. and alcoholics or people who think it's fine that they are regular drinkers will do the same. Some of the weakest people I've ever seen were potheads, and the same with drinking.
@disamjisa Also just because something is abused doesn't mean it is bad. Many things are abused, and that means the abuse itself is a negative thing. But that does not mean the substance itself is bad. One person may take a drug and have a life changing event or have the result of something happening involving the use change their life. And others may take it and kill themselves or do something stupid to kill themselves. it's not the substance it's abuse itself that is wrong.
@disamjisa although I am not in favor of drug use. I just don't think we can argue that something is completely bad just because it's caused bad things to happen. Humans have caused mass destruction to the majority of the world. So lets kill all humans.
@trent730 Oh please. Porn and drugs are bad? Porn and drugs are whatever you make of them. And both involve people consenting to use them. The problem is you want to control other people's lives; you perhaps feel that you're not strong enough to deal with pornography and drugs in your life, therefore it should be banned, we should engage the powerful mechanisms of the law to punish people who can handle it.
@trent730 (reply part 2) See, you Christians don't realise that these laws that these laws of social control that you love so much will be used against you, and you won't have any defense because you yourself justified banning things that involve personal consent and/or harm on the basis of greater social good.
And when the majority of people feel that Christianity is harmful, the laws will be enacted. You will have only yourselves to blame.
the MESSAGE ? .... FUCK OFF GOVERNMENT EVIL...
WeAskThePeople 4 months ago
Listen to these ignoramuses.... Buckley arrives at the right answer for wrong reasons.... they're a pair of completely deluded ignoramuses pulling ideas out of their arses about "drugs" in general as though all drugs were the same and part of one big category of evil substances. Pot is safer than alcohol. Ecstasy has also been proven safe. Cocaine and heroin are bad news. But even those substance, frankly the overwhelming majority of people who have taken them didnt develop a problem.
justsomefellow 9 months ago
@justsomefellow Damn, you're smart. What TV shows have you been on? I'd like to go and listen to your reasoning!
syghur 6 months ago
A conservative grounded in reality, who doesn't presume to advocate his own moral standards for the whole of society, is a very refreshing thing to see. Most conservatives today, I would think, would almost reflexively be against the legalization of drugs; not because they had put any thought into the war on drugs as practical policy, but only because they feel that their own moral punctilios ought to be observed by everyone in the country.
Aaronthegreatest 1 year ago
@Aaronthegreatest
Is it possible in your mind for a Conservative to have "put some thought in it" without coming to a conclusion identical to your own?
Aphoresis 1 year ago
@Aphoresis Yes, but the neocons of today rarely present strong arguments, or even any argument at all. It's not their conclusions which offend me but the silly, impenetrable logic they follow to get there.
Aaronthegreatest 11 months ago
Drugs make people dumber. And legalization of drugs would dumb down our society and culture even more than it is dumbed down now. Porn is a drug and it is rampant today. It is everywhere. The acceptance of porn as something that is not good because it degrades women and manipulates men from focusing on things that are productive and important, like work, GOD, family, and education. Porn, like drugs is addictive and destructive.
trent730 1 year ago
@trent730
I'd like to see the direct empirical connection between the use of a drug, such as marijuana, and a lowered IQ. As far as I know there is no such evidence. Indeed pornography can be addictive but no, it is not "everywhere". You live in a land where you are free to disregard things which you disapprove of, thank God.But like any addictive substance porno or drugs play on natural human inclinations toward pleasure. People should not be stigmatized for being human, they should be loved.
TruthWielder 1 year ago
@TruthWielder Anything which is abused is bad. But there is absolutely no link between marijuana and a lower IQ. Indeed, its my smartest friends, who work in law, medicine, architecture, who enjoy using, and even perhaps abusing, marijuana.
In my experience, alcohol is the drug of choice for the feckless, the unintelligent, those with character defects and weaknesses, because it allows you to numb yourself so effectively. I don't find this to be the case with marijuana.
disamjisa 1 year ago 4
@disamjisa You find this to be the case because you aren't involved in this world. I don't know if you use marijuana but you sound like you do so im assuming your projecting the fact that anything your involved in isn't as bad as it sounds. and alcoholics or people who think it's fine that they are regular drinkers will do the same. Some of the weakest people I've ever seen were potheads, and the same with drinking.
Gearsturfs 2 months ago
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@disamjisa You find this to be the case because you aren't involved in this world. I don't know if you use marijuana but you sound like you do so im assuming your projecting the fact that anything your involved in isn't as bad as it sounds. and alcoholics or people who think it's fine that they are regular drinkers will do the same. Some of the weakest people I've ever seen were potheads, and the same with drinking.
Gearsturfs 2 months ago
@disamjisa Also just because something is abused doesn't mean it is bad. Many things are abused, and that means the abuse itself is a negative thing. But that does not mean the substance itself is bad. One person may take a drug and have a life changing event or have the result of something happening involving the use change their life. And others may take it and kill themselves or do something stupid to kill themselves. it's not the substance it's abuse itself that is wrong.
Gearsturfs 2 months ago
@disamjisa although I am not in favor of drug use. I just don't think we can argue that something is completely bad just because it's caused bad things to happen. Humans have caused mass destruction to the majority of the world. So lets kill all humans.
Gearsturfs 2 months ago
@trent730 Oh please. Porn and drugs are bad? Porn and drugs are whatever you make of them. And both involve people consenting to use them. The problem is you want to control other people's lives; you perhaps feel that you're not strong enough to deal with pornography and drugs in your life, therefore it should be banned, we should engage the powerful mechanisms of the law to punish people who can handle it.
disamjisa 1 year ago
@trent730 (reply part 2) See, you Christians don't realise that these laws that these laws of social control that you love so much will be used against you, and you won't have any defense because you yourself justified banning things that involve personal consent and/or harm on the basis of greater social good.
And when the majority of people feel that Christianity is harmful, the laws will be enacted. You will have only yourselves to blame.
disamjisa 1 year ago
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@trent730 You're a damn fool and you should feel bad.
crackorjackzors 1 year ago
Buckley RIP
Drugs arent evil - some dudes intentions are evil!
hughie521324 3 years ago 7