I Am So Angry!

Actually, if you have read most of my posts - I don't put people down. I'm not putting him down, in that, I am telling them they need to start getting their facts straight before running their mouth. Right now, he/she looks pretty foolish because they are ranting against the "establishment" and not doing anything about it. I highly doubt they or you have seen police brutality. Why? Because it's a rare occurence. So I am just asking that you guys get your facts straight first, and then come back and offer something for a good arguement. I love it when people disagree with me, because it can lead to a very interesting discussion and learning on my part (hence I love most posts by Orsino...). But when the otherside doesn't have the facts to what has potential to be a great discussion, I get slightly annoyed. Especially when they are spreading falsehoods.

You can't have a battle of the wits if you come unarmed. I am just suggesting you come armed next time.

Oh noes! You figured me out, I am actually Jesus in disguise. Snap. Dad warned me about this, that I came off too self-righteous.

Last time I checked, Hippies were a relatively peaceful bunch. They fought with civil disobedience and actually went out and did something. Saying you are going to wait until after high school isn't going to accomplish anything. Because then it's "I'm going to wait until after college," "I am going to wait until after I have been in my job for a while," "I am going to wait until marriage," etc... See my and Drumminmama's point? Quit whining and do something, talk to a congressmen/senator. See if there are any cases in your area of undisclosed abuse. More importantly, talk to your dad.

But please, do SOMETHING.

 

The mindless sheep who create the laws can't be too mindless. They managed to get into power, didn't they?

 

These days, getting into power is mostly just a matter of having more campaign money than your political opponent.

 

The Establishment's aggression and war against the Counter-Culture reveals the depth of it's fears and insecurities.

Yet we are magnetically drawn here by an intuitive sense that in the Counter-Culture we can realize the significance and meaning that Mainstream-Culture can never fulfill.

On the surface we may attack the free-spirit of the Counter-Culture, but only because we long deperately for that spirit.

It's our fears that resist with such contempt every longing attempt at self-liberation.

So when you painfully expose our raw nerves, and we react, you know you're striking close to the heart of our collective Mainstream deceptions.

And the very courage of your self-determination to be free, amongst an overwhelmingly repressed freedom-fearing people, strikes at the heart of our collective SuperEgo.

Yes, you're a couragous girl to see through your father's fears and failures.

But he couldn't help it.

When you grow-up in an anal Police-State, by the time you've passed the anal-stage of sexual development (4-5 yrs old), in a culture that is so anally preoccupied that it's notorious for its harsh toilet-training, it's too late.

By 5yrs of age we've already developed a life-long behavioral response association between social acceptance and a grasping and controlling anal-retention.

You have it also, and your anal impulse to control, own and aquire will be constantly triggered throughout your life.

Like it or not, your going to have to deal with it just like your father and all the rest of us, and it's not going to be easy.

That's why those of us in the Hippie Counter-Culture of the '60s could rarely maintain that beautiful and meaningful spontaneous free-spirit for long periods of time.

That's what your Mom and Dad are up against, and that's what we're all up against.

How difficult?

We are such a repressed people, that even our breathing is repressed.

So for breathing I suggest Yoga.

The first thing Yoga does is to re-teach repressed civilized people like us how to open our breath to the natural living Prana energy all around us.

That energy can give you alot of strength, and as fearless as you are, you're going to need it!

 

But with so many crooked politicians only a rich AND smart person could win.
Or at least one with many smart people working under them.


By "smart" I mean "manipulative." If you think about it, manipulation is the epitome of brainyness, smartness, what have you.... Those who can manipulate a voting populace are in no ways dumb.

 

Huh?

Look who won the presidency twice. Does he appear smart to you?

 

"Again alcohol is more widly used so more people drive drunk than stoned which is why so many more accidents are caused by drunk drivers. Weed increases reaction time more than alcohol does."
I'm sure you meant to say that weed & alcohol decrease your reaction time, not increase it. So I'll let that one slide. However...
For every 100 drunk drivers there are at least 25 stoned drivers. Keep in mind that stoners tend to be stoned the majority of their waking hours, where drunk driving accident are predominantly at night. Thus increasing the ratio to the aforementioned 25 stoned drivers to 100 drink drivers.
Now there is probably about 1 weed related accident per 1000 alcohol related accidents (ask you local police officer or emergency room doctor). It is about 1000 times riskier to be on the road w/ drunk drivers as opposed to stoned drivers. I'm sure in a certain % of stoned drivers that there would be some small loss in reaction time but that it would probably be equivalent with talking on a cell phone & driving.
The ratio of drunken accidents to stoned accident is close to 1000 to 1.
The ratio of alcohol use weed use is conservativly 10 to 1.
That makes it about 100 times riskier to have a drunk driver on the road.
While the #'s I've used here are debatable the conclusion is hardly in doubt.

 

"Steve-O. hes funny man. he said he set up a burger stand at a vegetarian conventian. lol i would have laughed real hard if i saw that.
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-LMAO

 

No increases your reaction time is correct, decreases you reactions but increases the time.

Where did you get your stats from?? Most places do not do roadside drug testing so how would they know how many people drive stoned compared to drunk?? You have said there is probably 1 weed accident compaired to 1000 alcohol accidents, so you're just guessing then?

There have been tests done that confirm that weed has more impact on reaction times than alcohol so I'm NOT just guessing. You're right the conclusion is hardly in doubt, driving drunk or stoned is stupid.