HW: StrangeDaze "lifestyle" question

Ted Jackson jr. 6L6 tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU
Mon Sep 22 07:42:59 EDT 1997


> >> I missed Strange Daze unfortunately due to the pressures of graduate school,
> >> but I'd like to say that I'm a youthful 28 years old and have never been
> >> drunk or used any illegal drug.  I've been an avid Hawkwind listener since
> >> 1985, which maybe is some evidence that Hawkwind and drug use don't
> >> necessarily go hand in hand.  I think they're pretty damned cool even
> >> without being fucked in the head.
> >
> >just like to point out here that using recreational drugs and 'being fucked in
> >the head' don't necessarily go hand in hand either.
> >i've met LOTS of people who are "fucked in the head," who've never been near an
> >illegal drug.
>
> Absolutely.  In fact must people who are fucked in the head have never used
> any drug.  I couldn't agree more.
>
Right!

> >i do not _recommend_ drugs to anyone.  what i do recommend is that they defend
> >their right to do so, if they feel they can

If you've never used any drugs, then you COULDN"T recommend them.
Can't you only recommend things you know something about or have
tried?

> >moderate themselves, and their budget allows it.  (right now, my budget
> does not
> >allow it, so i have been clean for a couple of weeks
> >by choice.)
> >
> >sorry to waste everyone's time with this, but i get sick of all the holier th
an
> >thou drug experts out there, who think that just because they
> >swallow the crap that the media feeds them, everyone else should too.
>
> I get sick of the media crap too.  Recreational drug use isn't much
> different than watching TV or listening to music or any other entertainment
> activity.  I have nothing against drugs, they're just not for me.  I get
> sick also of the holier-than-thou drug users who think they're in on
> something that the clean among us can't see.  It goes both ways.  I suppose

Why are you any cleaner than i am?  who's being holier-than thou?



theo

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