Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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Saturday 11 Dec 2010
I was gonna clean my room, but then I got high.
Dennis discusses the value of Dope in our country, with special emphasis on, you know- dopes.
The specific dope in question is Andrew Sullivan. yes, the same Andrew Sullivan who nominated Vman for a Hewett award, the same Andrew who speaks about 12 hours of buttsecs, which Vman dissects here.
In any event Sully has made the case that “responsible pot-use is already compatible with middle-class life and its obligations.”
And Dennis dissects this, finding the layers of bullshit, and typically, stoners come in and defend their habit. Proving Dennis’ point with more certainty than ever.
Look: I don’t give a flying rats ass what you do with your body; frankly, just don’t ask me to pay for it. You have the free will to do whatever the hell you want, as do I. You just have to remember these few things:
If, as Dennis says, you smoke dope, you’re helping to support a large criminal class. Making dopesmoking legal would modify this, but not a lot. And making dopesmoking legal would not make it a good idea.
Sure, sure. Some people have pain which can be alleviated by smoking dope. Some people have pain which can be alleviated by drinking laudanum, too; during the latter stages of his bone marrow cancer, my grandfather drank the stuff like kool-ade.
Sometimes life is just painful. Trust me on this; I know firsthand. I could take a lot of things to deal with the pain, i have scrips for some really high powered stuff, which I have never filled. I take the occasional NSAID, which is about all I ever do. Withdrawal from even the mildest opiates is torturous for me, I’d rather, frankly, have the pain than smoke myself stupid.
There are some people for whom even the slightest taste of alcohol is a big problem. I’m damned near there myself, a glass of wine or the occasional beer on a hot, hot day are my hard limits for alcohol. And there are people who can deal with a heroin addiction and live a long life- look what Burroughs did. The unintended consequences, as Dennis states, are the fly in the ointment.
H/T Ed Hering.
