The majority my comments are not directed at any one particular person.
Fabio, the problem between you and I is you will not let me have my "middle of the road" opinion.
My "smoke another bowl" comment was tongue in cheek, but it also generated the predictable response from you. Patterns aren't only applicable to others, you're quite predictable yourself. I've agreed the pot should be legalized and has medicinal properties that should be utilized, but the second I question if there could also be negative effects, I'm uninformed and ignorant of the facts, and I need to watch multiple more hours of "eye opening documentaries" so I become more educated on the "facts".
I admit that I feel that there is the possibility of other life forms, but question the validity of SOME of the "evidence" provided by self proclaimed "experts", and BINGO! I'm an ignorant pawn.
You want submission or surrender. You insult others who don't 100% hold the same views as you as ignorant, sheep, and pawns, while continually reminding everybody that you feel you're intellectually superior. Patterns and predictability again.
And again in your last post you insult me by inferring that I have no clue how debilitating alcohol abuse can be. Seriously?
My Grandfathers brother died at an early age due to his alcoholism. My grandfather was a light drinker, but quit drinking except a very occasional Near Beer due to what alcohol did to his brother. My wife's grandmother was an alcoholic and died young. One of her other relatives committed suicide due to an alcohol/depression combo. I have a small handful of friends who drink themselves into a sloppy puddle of mush every time they drink. One friend in particular drinks like a fish, smokes a pack and a half to two packs a day and smokes pot like we did in high school (pretty much all day every day, including at work) has had what I'll call "incidents" that he has told me about. He has described them as feeling like a mini-stroke or maybe a heart attack, short term memory loss and he now has a blind spot in his right eye (all symptoms of high blood pressure) that affects his driving, motorcycle riding and shooting skills. His daughter took him to the ER and they told him his blood pressure was thru the roof and he needed to be checked out. Myself and a couple other friends have told him to go get a check-up and find out what is wrong. He tells us: "If it ain't broke don't fix it." I told him "Yea that sh!ts normal." He just doesn't want to be told that he needs to get rid of the coffin nails (ciggy's) and booze. He has yet to go get an exam.
Yea, I need to google the negative effects of alcohol.
I was born in 1960, so I was around for Vietnam, the race wars of the 60's, "Make love not war", "Tune in turn on", "Flower power", etc, etc, etc. Even tho I was only a child, I couldn't help but think how f'ed up sh!t was and why can't people get along. I've watched decades of "Revolutionaries" and "peaceful protesters" promoting peace, brotherhood and togetherness, all while inciting violence, all supported by a media that moved farther and farther left over the decades. I've watched the divide in this country grow over the last 8 years to levels I haven't seen since the mid 60's and early 70's, and it's still the white man's fault, especially if your a rich white man. So, am I a little jaded and skeptical of a rehashed, repackaged version of "We're all humans, we're all one people" mantra? F'n-A right I am. Same sh!t, different decade. But I'm just a grumpy old man, right?
There's a place in the middle where all can get along and be happy. That means accepting others opinions whether we agree 100% or not. I'm fine with you believing that ETs are the answer to all of our problems. Me? I'll believe it when I see it, if I'm around to see it.
You keep on telling me I'm an ignorant sheep. I'll take it as a compliment for not blindly jumping on every bandwagon that rolls thru town.
“Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.”
― Edgar Allan Poe