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   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 04/07/2013 05:45 PM, Andy Wainwright wrote:   
   > How Cannabis Causes Paranoia?   
   >   
   > Right. You find out that us supposedly "free" citizens don't even have   
   > the right to choose which plants we grow in our own gardens. And thus   
   > "freedom", whilst it's better than in some states, isn't really worth   
   > the paper it's written on.   
   >   
   > Whilst it's certainly true that cannabis can make mental health issues   
   > worse, the realisation that we're slaves as opposed to free men is   
   > enough to mess up a lot of people in the head on it's own.   
   >   
   > A lot of people think they're free because they've never tested the   
   > boundaries of that "freedom".   
   >   
   > Whilst there's a lot of opinion decrying the hippy on the dole, telling   
   > that person what he can and cannot spend his money on is a great   
   > incentive not to try and earn any. If you're not allowed to spend your   
   > own earnings as you feel fit, who are you actually earning money for?   
   >   
   > I like to enjoy my chemicals every now and then, obviously getting older   
   > I need to improve my lifetyle generally, including sobering up. On a   
   > serious note I'm interested in psychology and psychiatry, and substances   
   > that bring about changes of mood and perception represent important   
   > research on the subjective level. I'm not a gambler or a womaniser or   
   > violent drunk, so why should they receive better treatment under the law?   
   >   
   > Taking LSD for example is risky and can put not only the user's life at   
   > risk but that of others too. It's also often an enlightening adventure.   
   > Exactly the same could be said about diving or mountain climbing. It   
   > seems that whilst it's OK to explore "outer space" it is considered   
   > "sinful" to explore "inner space". To refer to my earlier point, I   
   > believe curtailing such research through law and taboo has prevented   
   > progress in finding cures for serious mental illness.   
   >   
   > Back to the freedom issue, something that always amazes me is how some   
   > people will say to a thinker that they should be doing instead of   
   > thinking. Now to me that shows a slave mentality, that only certain   
   > people are allowed to think, and if other people spend time thinking,   
   > they're wasting time. Once again, like with money, this suggests that   
   > "time" doesn't belong to the citizen, but to someone else.   
      
   	Very agreeable statement.   
   	I have been disabled since my early 40s over 30 years ago   
   but I would rather be working but my health does not permit more   
   than about an hour a day of concentration and exertion.  Since   
   I turned 65 and gave up my volunteer activities I have gotten a   
   new hobby of reading manga and watching anime. This is risk free   
   but I would rather be riding a motorcycle as I did when healthier.   
      
   	Also the SS payments whether for old age or disablity are   
   inadequate for comfortable survival in the urban affluence of San   
   Francisco.   
   	People are far better off if thinkers go on thinking and   
   doers proceed with their activities. When I try action in the real   
   world I find it exhausting and the results I get are not what I   
   set out to achieve.  Thinkers and doers though both need as much   
   exercise as possible to do both activities better.   
   	   
   	bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)