rage Rage RAGE fucking RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God, I am tired of idiots.

"Drugs bad!" she said, then she stopped thinking.

Really? Drugs keep me alive. Albuterol, Salmeterol, Prednisone, Penicilin, Cipro. All of the above have saved my life, and will again, I have no doubt.

Also in the catagory of "saved my life", altho less directly, are Fentanyl, Morphine, Oxycodone. They also almost ruined it once. Most scalpels are also swords, in broad analogous terms.

Nicotine almost killed me.

So did (does?) caffeine.

Marijuana has improved bits of my life greatly, and made a few bits a bit worse.

Alcohol annoys me, and I don't use it more than about 2 beers a year.

Drugs bad? Without them, I would be long dead.

"That's not what I meant. Those are LEGAL drugs!"

With the exception of LSD, Cocaine and Heroin, ALL drugs are legal under some circumstances. Broaden your spectrum to the entire world, and only heroin is universally illegal, as far as I know.

So the illegality of a drug makes it bad? and the legality of it makes it good? Nicotine GOOD? God, I am tired of idiots.

What makes a drug valuable is it's usefulness.

"But a DOCTOR should decide that!"

Why? Because they have better judgment? Ever actually TALKED in real-life terms with multiple doctors? The ratio of morons-to-geniuses is the same as among normal folks. There are doctors who wont provide pain medication under any circumstances, even to dying people, because of the threat of addiction. DYING PEOPLE. Here is a clue, moron: If they are dead, withdrawl is no longer really a problem, neither is addiction.

What does a doctor know about your spirit?

"Spirit is not the proper realm for drugs. How can drugs help your SPIRIT?"

Aside from every society in history except the Eskimos (because their native land contained no spiritually active plants, and they were largely carnivores anyway) and every non-monotheist religion on the face of the earth, I guess nobody believes that drugs can help your spirit. Oh, wait, the catholics and most christians consider wine a sacrament. Okay, make that ALMOST every non-mono.... wait, jews do too, don't they? And the muslims? Well, depending on sect, they smoke marijuana and nicotine, and make an almost sacred ritual out of coffee. I guess we are left with just the Eskimos, the baptists (New Wine devotees) and YOU (and every other moron without the sense to think for themselves or the wit to do research)

But you , YOU, who first taught me about thinking about spirit, buy the white anglo-saxon protestant line uncritically, just because you knew a few people who were scarred by drugs, people who would have likely have found a way to fuck themselves up anyway. Shit, woman, you are married to one of those people, and he hasn't done drugs in years, and he is one of the most twisted, dishonest people it has been my sad experience to meet. Drugs didn't do shit to him, and you have already acknowledged it in conversations that hadn't pushed your goddamn buttons.. mommy, daddy and the church are responsible for that mess.

Prozac, Celexa, the list of drugs for depression, an essentially spiritual condition, is now massive. Go to a doctor, tell them you are depressed, and wham-bang, they will write you a spiritual prescription before you can finish the sentence.

Why should I let a doctor, from ANOTHER RELIGION or none, make judgments on what I use for a sacrament, what I USE FOR MY SPIRIT?

"Well, drug ABUSE is bad!"

Define abuse. Taking a drug for pleasure? Do ya drink tea or coffee, woman? Dont bother answering, I lived with you, remember?

"The DOCTOR should say how you take them, and anything else is abuse!" Yeah, just give your decision-making process to a complete stranger who may or may not have your best interests at heart.

Listen up, woman: I walk my own path, and I always have. Get in my way at your own peril.

And YES, you childless judgmental idiot, when my son asks, WHENEVER he asks, I will ANSWER honestly. I will not HIDE what I do to satisfy your narrow morality under ANY circumstances. If he wants to walk my path, I will not refuse, I will ENCOURAGE, provided he is OF AGE, provided he is mature enough, provided he is, to MY satisfaction, ready.

What buisness do you, who opted out of motherhood specifically because you thought you would be bad at it, (a decision I respect, by the way) have passing judgment on what goes on in my relationship with my son?

I know my son. Don't get in his way, either. The only weapon he knows is unconditional kindness, but he is 7, that will surely change. And he is smarter than I am, by a long way.

Come debate me here. You have the address, but you don't have either the backbone or the skill. And you happen to be wrong, and you KNOW it.

Come on, make your point, change my mind.

I am waiting, and I guarantee an answer to anything you post. Come on.

Lizard