"Rush" to Judgement

by Swickley 23 Replies latest social family

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  Aztec

  Jay,

  I am guessing you listen to the Don and Mike show.

  Never heard of it. I'm just being smarmy as usual.

  ~Aztec
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  tyydyy

  The hypocrisy of Rush is evident but I don't want him to spend a day in jail. I'd like to talk to him on air about the idea of personal freedom. The freedom to choose drugs for ourselves as recreation or to self medicate. Let's have a nationwide discussion about the real issue. You watch, though. This is not good for any one. I can almost guarantee that this situation will inevitably lead to another drug law. There will be a loophole for poor poor Rush and every other "drug user" that gets caught will do time. This discussion should never end, as far as I'm concerned, 'til all the people in prison for drug crimes are released.

  Drug abuse is bad. Drug abuse is bad for our society. It's not our job to judge anyone who chooses to use drugs in their own home. Whether it's acohol or aspirin, claritin or cocaine, espresso or ecstasy, cigarrettes or valium the choice belongs to the individual. We can suffer the concequences of some one else's bad decisions or let some one else decide the consequences of our decisions. It's the people that bury their heads in some moral ground that are turning our society upside down with the "good" people walking free and the "bad" people in prison.

  Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.--La Rochefoucauld

  TimB
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  JT

  YOu got to LOVE this double speak double think

  first the poster says

  The freedom to choose drugs for ourselves as recreation

  then THE POSTERS SAYS:

  Drug abuse is bad. Drug abuse is bad for our society..

  THEN the poster says:

  It's not our job to judge anyone

  so how do you say that something is bad behavoir without making a judgement call

  Is this poster is speaking out both sides of his mouth?

  i'm lost on this one
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  tyydyy

  Ok JT,

  Just talking about me as if I'm not even there, huh? Very mature. Judging from the amount of posts you have and the comments you made about my post I can only conclude you spend way to much time posting and not enough THINKING.

  Yes I did say drug ABUSE is bad. Just how do you define drug abuse? Do you let the legislators tell you what common sense you should have? Or do you think for yourself? Have you ever taken an aspirin? Have you ever had a cup of coffee to "perk" you up. Have you ever had a drink to calm down? Have you ever rode a roller coaster to feel excited? Have you ever had sex to feel .....euphoria? These are all things we do to alter our mental states. At what point does it change from recreation to abuse? Viagra is advertized behind home plate (perfect place) in the world series and guess what? It's a recreational drug. Oh sure, you could argue that it's taken to overcome a medical problem.........~snickers~ Yeah Right. You see, our society has decided to turn over it's ability to think and decide for themselves to a bunch of hypocrites. I for one have lived that with the JWs and have now decided that I have the abilty to think for myself.

  so how do you say that something is bad behavoir without making a judgement call

  I'd hate for you to strain yourself James so let me help you with this one. First you weigh all the information available to you and you think. Then you decide if a certain behavior is going to be beneficial or harmful to your life. When you think something is bad for you then stay away from it. Now here's where you might have to take a deep breath, close your mouth and use that muscle behind your eyes. Just because you've decided that it's bad for YOU does not mean that you should have the right to make that decision for others.

  Let me know if you're still lost....................We'll send out a search party.

  TimB