Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6767898-20130409140103/@comment-6078851-20130414163101

MercWithMouth wrote:

Discrimination against people based on sexual orientation is on the decline (though sexual responsobility is on the decline, too); fewer people than ever are cigarette smokers in the U.S. (but that might get canceled out by the emergence of accepted marijuana smoking)...

i consider homosexuality to be a good thing. given that there are no restrictions regarding people reproducing is leading to a serious population crisis (i actually think we may have passed the tipping point). i believe the rise in homosexuality may be an evolutionary 'circuit breaker': if our numbers continue to increase at the rate they have then the world will implode under the sheer weight. we have been in our erect, bipedal form for, what....a few hundred thousand years, at least? it took all that time for our population to reach 1 billion by 1800ad, and 2 centuries later we've multiplied that by 7!! this is a serious problem.

when it comes to drugs government reactions are utterly irrational. a few years ago the uk government's leading narcotics expert was tasked with providing a list of drugs in order of the most addictive and most physically and sociologically damaging. i can't remember the whole list but the top 4 were - 1) nicotine, 2) alcohol, 3) caffiene, 4) heroin. not only is this accurate but the expert was promptly sacked because he didn't conform to 'accepted government opinions', as in "drugs are bad,m'kay?"

homo-sapians have been using 'natural' drugs since pre-history - we have specific receptors in our brain that only function in response to drugs, we have evolved in conjunction with specific substances. now, 'natural' drugs are "bad, evil and the mark of all that's wrong with society", to paraphrase most governmental leaders. yet pharmaceutical drugs are "totally fine". i'd like to clarify something here, all pharmceutical drugs are derived from natural drugs but, pharmaceutical drugs are way more addictive and dangerous than most illegal narcotics. most illegal drugs have a side effect or two whereas most legal drugs have a list of side effects, and some truly horrific side effects too. when it comes to illegal vs legal drugs there is a vast hypocrisy among governments, and people, mainly due to a complete lack of understanding or a lack of will to understand.

marijuana was made illegal, pretty much globally, around 1928 at a summit of nation's leaders simply because of cluelessness and petty self-importance. i forget the names but this can be verified: one nation was having problems with heroin abuse, the prime minister outined it's effects and problems, somewhat accurately, and it was then made illegal. another leader then started on about the "evils" of marijuana and then listed all the negative effects of pretty much every known drug, none of which even applied to marijuana. the summit, in their complete ignorance, then outlawed marijuana, and despite it numerous medical applications, and recreational, this has barely changed. i really hope the u.s fully legalizes, at least medically, the use of marijuana.

also there is a difference between drug use and drug abuse, "there's no such thing as a dangerous drug, only dangerous use." i don't remember where i heard that quote but it actually applies to most aspects of our industrial societies.

i live in scotland. this country actually has a worse public health record, per capita, than the u.s. it's also a country of widespread drug abuse. however, coincidentally the mental health record of scotland is one of the highest in the world.

also consider this: a person lives to 80 years old, smokes 40 a day (cigarettes or joints) from the age of 20. that person will still not pollute a fraction as much as the industrial process that goes into making one car, as such there's no such thing as an 'eco-friendly vehicle'.

finally, the single biggest problem with illegal drugs is the fact that they're illegal. if legal then the criminal element (while it will still be present, as it is in every facet of life), will be massively reduced. drugs would then be regulated making them safer still. most importantly though, is that people have the inalienable right to live their lives, so long as no-one is harmed, in any way they see fit - legal and illegal do not equal right and wrong.

i don't hide the fact that i enjoy drugs (everyone does, be they a coffee drinker or alcoholic), i have a curious mind. however, i do no harm to others and i live a quiet and eminently enjoyable life, but because of a piece of writing instituted by someone who didn't have a clue i have to live with the 'legal interpretation' of being a habitual criminal.

ok, i'm done again. sorry for deviating waaay off topic again but maybe we ought to start a thread about 'socio-economic poilitical morality and ethics' or some such :)