i actually approve of cannabis on a lot of grounds. apart from the long-term damage and when it has adverse effects. but what is adverse? it opens our minds... well in theory. seems to work for a lot of people. but when shane was amazed by the colours in mcdonalds i thought he was being stupid. but... well don't people think the same of me when i look at clouds?
oh dear.
and yes it's dangerous. so is life.
is my work ethic insulted? hmm... maybe. is that a good reason?
because "stoners are stupid?" not a good reason. not when you smoke it responsibally and for educational purposes. for enlightenment, as it were. i read of an academic who got stoned, then wrote what he felt while stoned, then read what he wrote when he was in his "right mind" again.
the way cannabis workd, it doesn't actually inebriate you, rather, it makes you somewhat... knurd. it takes away some of our blinkers.
but i still don't want to do it. why? for kate? ...no i don't think so. not primarily.
because 1) i don't need my mind expanded, and if i do, i'll do it myself thank you very much (work ethic)
and 2, because i want to be different. is that pretentious? maybe. i used to think so. i still do to some extent. i never wanted to be different when i was younger; i wanted to be me. i think that's a far better psychology. who am i? a very idealistic person, and i don't leave my ideals at the door ever (i hope). and very honest. that's not vanity that's a fact. i watch myself. but moreover, i am NOW, after wanting to be "me", different. i don't drink or go out or smoke or anything, and that's damn rare now. way too rare. so i'll be me, and that involves not taking cannabis. the reason is because i want to go against the grain because it's more interesting, i get to look at things more, and because THE GRAIN IS FUCKING STUPID.
sorry. but people are beginning to annoy me. all the same, they have ideals they judge other people by but then forget about themselves when it suits them. it's not good. it's morally weak. decadence is not a lifestyle choice. grr... i'll write more later.
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& yes, in theory it all seems like a very good idea. Except that I'm quite sure the vast majority of people do not smoke for educational purposes, or are even in any way aware that the two go together. I should think that the positive effects are lost on many people, that they don't remember, or don't care to remember. And you have to consider, that academic; was what he was 'discovering' a hidden part of himself, as it were, or was it just the effects of the cannibis messing with his head? Was it really part of his own thoughts, or just the drug talking?*
If it was used as an aid, perhaps... But that's just not going to happen. & in any case, such things are much more effective & likely to last when not derived from artificial means.*
I'm getting really sick of the preconceptions society has... & of what's considered normal or acceptable. & especially of the idea that, just because something is a regular occurance, & because 'it happens to everyone' that's considered correct. People are so stupid... Stupid people... Why do I have to be people? Grrr...
*Maybe. I don't actually know.
yes, most people don't smoke for educational purposes, it's mainly hedonism. but as... euclides i think said, all philosophy, all human endeavour, is essentially for pleasure on some level. i don't think that makes it ok mind, i'm just saying something for the other side.
for that bloke, i don't think it was the drug talking; cannabis doesn't work like that. then again though, you could say that alcohol has a similiar effect - it takes away one's inhibitions (leaving "the truth". pah. humanity is just a collection of inhibitions and some base instincts. everyone's base instincts are the same. they don't make you you). but i think cannabis does work in a fundamentally different way.
and it might last longer when you get there on your own, i think you're right. but it can help you, i think. although that said, i don't know. maybe if one's mind is so disposed, it won't help you because you're already inevitably going to get there, and if you're not so-minded, you never will get there except temporarily, cannabis or no.
*Maybe. I don't actually know.