Re: Opium [was: Re: freelance sysadmining -- superlong -- [WAS: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"]]
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:07:49PM +0000, Pigeon wrote:
>
> I don't think it's valid to generalise from opium to pot. Both the
> addictiveness and the nature of the effects are too different. I
> consider it unfortunate that since they are both illegal such
> generalisations do tend to be made. There's something of a difference
> between millions of people slumped on a sofa with their mouth hanging
> open and the whites of their eyes showing, and millions of people with
> an increased tendency to be happy and a reduced tendency to go along
> with pomposity and bullshit.
>
> There's This Tribe (TM) who subsist by gathering vegetables and
> spearing fish. They're not into agriculture for food... but they do
> cultivate pot so they can get stoned while waiting for a worthwhile
> fish to come by. It doesn't prevent them from mustering the
> considerable skill and precision required to spear the fish.
That's why you're an Alpha and I'm a World Controller :-)
"A gramme is better than a damme."
"One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments."
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