XPost: ca.politics, soc.culture.usa   
   From: a425couple@hotmail.com   
      
   On 8/17/2019 9:01 AM, a425couple wrote:   
   > On 8/15/2019 2:10 AM, Wood wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Recreational marijuana should be repealed. People need to exercise   
   >> self-control. The shootings that we have experienced are caused by   
   >> people thinking they can do whatever they want.   
   >>   
   >> Recreational marijuana is a symptom of this thinking.   
   >>   
   >> Set a good example for the young. Exercise self-control. Or else   
   >> California will become a place for trash and bums.   
   >   
   > Are you also for prohibiting alcohol?   
   >   
   > We tried making that illegal, and it did not go very well.   
   >   
   > I will agree that everyone would be better off if   
   > they would work harder on exercising self control.   
   > But I also agree with a wise chiropractor (doubling   
   > as psychologist) who said,   
   > "Life is not an endurance contest to see how much   
   > pain you can put up with."   
      
   And, some one elses opinion:   
      
   SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has   
   issued a warning to members that coffee is prohibited no matter how   
   fancy the name, that vaping is banned despite the alluring flavors and   
   that marijuana is outlawed unless prescribed by "competent" doctors.   
      
   The new guidance in the August issue of a church youth magazine does not   
   include fundamental changes to the religion's strict health code, but   
   the clarifications are significant and seem to reflect growing concern   
   about young Latter-day Saints' adherence to the rules.   
      
   The article says it aims to clear up issues that could be confusing for   
   young people within the religion's "Word of Wisdom," a set of rules   
   about what foods and drinks are good for members and what substances   
   they should avoid.   
      
   The rules prohibit alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs and coffee and tea.   
   They are based on what church members believe was a revelation from God   
   to founder Joseph Smith in 1833. The faith's rejection of coffee has   
   long generated curiosity and more than a few jokes, including a scene in   
   the biting satirical Broadway musical called "The Book of Mormon" where   
   dancing cups of coffee appear in a missionary's nightmare.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)