XPost: uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   JohnR wrote:   
   > "Blah"  wrote in message   
   > news:7dlpjcF2crqjhU1@mid.individual.net...   
   >> JohnR wrote:   
   >>> "Blah"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:7dll0lF2cmm68U1@mid.individual.net...   
   >>>> Svenne wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:30:56 +0100, Blah  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Svenne wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:17:21 +0100, Blah  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> So, a new age fuckbrain.  > Svenne   
   >>>>>>>> Yep. you are.   
   >>>>>>> You've not got anything right yet, Blah.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Try sobering up once in a while, it might help.   
   >>>>>> Pain from a ex lover who binned you, choosing the bottle instead?   
   >>>>>> C'mon, tell us why you *hate* alcohol so much?   
   >>>>> I don't hate alcohol, Blah, you can drink all you like for me. I mean,   
   >>>>> it's your own brain and body you're fucking up, so why should I care.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Svenne   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> My body and mind are just fine, I am 35, run two successful business   
   >>>> (one in a sporting field), and enjoy a social drink most days which   
   >>>> doesn't interfere with the prior.   
   >>>>   
   >>> The reason it doesn't interfere is because it is legally available and   
   >>> properly regulated.   
   >>>   
   >>> You don't have to hide your alcohol habit or behave in a secretive manner   
   >>> around alcohol just for fear of general persecution, random violence or   
   >>> life changing criminal sanction. You don't have to make any effort to   
   >>> ensure the drinks are actually available before you set off on a night   
   >>> out or research a possible alternative source each and every time.   
   >>> Unlike illicit drugs you know what you want, will get what you pay for   
   >>> and won't generally have any difficulty finding it. The people selling   
   >>> you alcohol don't need a gun, gang and air of menace as tools of the   
   >>> trade to fight off the competition. In order to get a drink you aren't   
   >>> required to jump through elaborate hoops so your local seller can avoid   
   >>> detection and still be there next time you want a drink.   
   >>>   
   >>> In short, the only reason it doesn't interfere is because prohibition   
   >>> isn't part of the alcohol equation.   
   >> You live in the real world?   
   >> I have already posted further up that prohibition does not involve *any*   
   >> of the above in my city, and I suspect on every housing estate in the   
   >> country, as we have *door to door delivery*!   
   >>   
   >> Yes, there are more than a handfull of local dealers who will deliver your   
   >> choice of drugs to your house, with discount for volume.   
   >>   
   >> My missus has her fags delivered by one of them, once a week.   
   >>   
   >> The other source of course is that *every* user inevitably does a little   
   >> dealing, so they buy a little more than they need and sell it to friends -   
   >> for a little profit of course..   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> The only people who have *problems* getting drugs are the yuppy or student   
   >> types that just want a toke once in a blue moon and don't know the   
   >> protocols of who and where.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > The paradox is that the only people who don't have to worry about the   
   > gestapo kicking their front door off it's hinges are those who choose to   
   > poison themselves with truly deadly drugs like alcohol and tobacco.   
   >   
   >   
   	Even sober people have to worry about that as we hear about many   
   raids conducted on people who lead blameless lives/   
      
   	later   
   	bliss   
      
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