[Skurai] High's "Rush Limbaugh" club!

I do not know of any woman who uses abortions as an excuse to do whatever. A lot of women go through them because, hey, they don't need to have a child in their lives right now for whatever reason be it education of monetary. Making abortion illegal would not curb people seeking out the procedure elsewhere like they did in the days before Roe v Wade and not to mention seeking homemade abortion kits (see Revolutionary Road to see what I mean). Not to mention that there are women who are going through the procedure because they were raped or forced into an incestuous situation and should not even be expected to have the child.

As for marijuana, it has legitimate use medicinally and recreationally. Many use and abuse alcohol and tobacco and nicotine, but we don't make a big deal out of it despite the fact that abuse can be lethal. Marijuana, to date, has had no incidental or accidental deaths (look it up at the CDC's website). What gets me is when people go "I've seen what people on marijuana are like!" To me it means they don't like seeing people with a goofy disposition who like to eat and enjoy sex. A marijuana user is going to be NOTHING like the crazed reefer maniac you'd see in the original Reefer Madness or any anti-marijuana propaganda. Marijuana is harmless.

Good points Kagom.

Skurai, I never can tell if you're being serious or trolling a la Poe's Law but I think you can do better than your current set of appropriated moral standards.

You seem like a kid who can grasp concepts if you're willing to, so I would hate to see you squander your burgeoning intelligence on an outdated and frankly dangerous socio-political agenda that you're picking up from demagogues, talking pundits or your guardians or your peers. The bottom line is that these talking heads support one thing above all else -- money. Money makes the capitalist world go 'round. The mass media is designed with money and only money in mind. "News" is entertainment with ratings and advertisement holding the reins. It just so happens that huge swaths of the country are receptive to emotional pleas of pride and a return to the good 'ol times, but unfortunately these rants consist of little more than buzzwords and hidden agendas.

I don't know if you respect us on this forum or not, but almost all Zelaron members here do have a few years on you. We've been through high school, some through college, but all through life. We've lived on our own. We've made observations about the state of the world as you can only see it with time, and we're still pretty young in general. But we've all come a really long way since we were your age. I hope you will gain a new perspective for the world when you strike out on your own. But for now, at least give us some benefit of the doubt... we're all friends here, and in some sense we are telling you this stuff in order to help you along through life. It's difficult, confusing, and crazy. For me the fourth wall of bullshit came crashing down years ago. Some people may never get there. But even if you don't respect us personally, at least respect our experiences and our wisdom, however limited it may be. I know when I'm 40 I'll be thinking that the current "me" was naive and ridiculous, but I've still come very far from being your age, and that's something everyone goes through but nobody believes until it happens to them. (An unfortunate human cognitive fault).

tl;dr - cut us some slack Skurai, I can't speak for others but I would like to see you better yourself.

For some reason that reminds me of when I used to be a sexually confused Republican Catholic.

I figured I'd let you explain that one, haha.

even i have a few years on the board here .... i have my own views and the way that i let it show is my actions

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge" - Charles Darwin

Or, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...3Kruger_effect

Nothing to explain. That says everything there is to say about that subject. :]