Excuse you. Heroin, cocaine,amphetamines, etc are all illegal there. Are YOU high outsiders? You seem to be talking out of your head without any basis in fact AT ALL, which leads me to believe you're either very ignorant or very high. May I ask who you get such good dope from to come up with these silly, fictitious ideas of yours? Jimmy on the corner of Maple and 3rd, perhaps?
EDIT: since we are talking about harm reduction, anyone can feel free to visit this website to learn how to be safer. Remember kids, safety first!
http://www.dancesafe.org/
No joke. I'm so sick of how its a trend to be so PC to the point of causing yourself distress just to look more accepting. People these days constantly try to guilt trip each other into being so accepting of everything, i.e. other traditions/cultures, even if it means they have to give up or ignore their own. Makes me sick. Lift up your skirt and grow a pair, status quo.
However, it acknowledges there is a problem and works to maybe save a few lives.
Can you tell me how they are the same? Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the issue at hand here is that there is: A) Drug abusers and B) A clinic or safe house that allows A to come and legally abuse drugs, with a nurse on hand in case they OD. No other form of treatment is offered, so you must OD to get any.
The silliest comparison made was about the battered wives. In fact I'm not even going to comment on it, I'm sure everyone here is capable of figuring out how being a battered wife is different than being a drug abuser who gets to legally abuse drugs.
I'm sure you could have figured out all of the above xvart without having me explaining it.
and actually that whole end bit was meant to be a joke. So thank you for correcting me.
Your immaturity supersedes you and shows how fruitless it is to engage in a meaningful debate with you. I honestly haven't studied up on what is illegal and legal in Amsterdam and actually that whole end bit was meant to be a joke. So thank you for correcting me.
I'm afraid I can't find humor in that. Maybe that's your immaturity showing? If you haven't researched it (not surprising since you didn't read the original article before opening your mouth) then you should not say things like this. I've always said you're not a funny person outsiders, it's best to not try and make jokes when you're the only one who's laughing.
I'll post whatever I please, as you seem to do the same when it comes to your religious material. Yes there are minors on these boards, with myself being one of them. Guess what, outsiders? Minors do drugs and the ones that do need to be safe. It's called harm reduction. It's called not having unrealistic expectations and realizing that the world isn't squeaky clean and realizing you can't do anything about it because it doesn't necessarily need to be "fixed". I'm not going to refrain from posting something that's not against the rules of this forum that just might save their lives just because you seem to have a problem with it. I don't complain when you post your links to religious material.
Here it is again. Dance safe kids.
http://www.dancesafe.org/
Isn't everyone in this discussion except 1 or 2 significantly older than you?Dance safe kids.
My link is not about saying "Hey! Do drugs!" My link is about saying "If you're going to do drugs, please be safe." It even supports talking to your parents about drugs.
Would you rather people not be safe, outsiders?
And once again, you're being ignorant by assuming all people who use drugs have to do so to enjoy life, and that they're hiding from reality. You're assumptions are huge.
As far as your religiously-bias material, I can easily say that's just as poisonous to a young mind as any drug can be.
Look at the harm religion and the religious have done. One could say religion is a drug for some people.....
I looked up the keyword of "sex" on that site. In response, I only got things like "safe sex" "safer sex" "be careful" blah blah. It's Dandy's forum and if he doesn't want a link promoting safety, I'd be glad to remove it without question.
Bible.Please list 1 example of my "religiously-bias" material that is dangerous
Bible.
Should come with a warning label for: use of alcohol, sex, murder, extortion, vengeance, gratuitous amounts of violence, intolerance, etc.
I rest my case.
I'd be happy to show example of how you're wrong.
The first example is me. I never had to use drugs to be happy, I was happy with or without them. I kept my grades up and I never hid from reality. Reality is a very nice thing to enjoy. I know many people who are the same way. A person could easily say "Well maybe not 5 years from now....." and I say hypotheticals don't really hold up.
To me, that's self-explanatory but it was written by man and has inspired things of great hatred.
A long time ago, some people even said slavery is OK because "It's in the Bible."
Need I remind you of the crusades?
Religious Christian fanatics?
Your faith may not be like a drug, but I have seen many that positively feed off of it, and then beat themselves up over the littlest things (like porn or gambling or getting drunk) yet at the same time telling others how to live.
Go to a narcotics anonymous meeting sometime and see for yourself how they are replacing one addiction with another.
Anomalies right? Lol, OK. That's a convenient explanation I suppose. To be honest, I always thought of drugs, at least the natural ones (particularly cannabis and mushrooms), as a gift from God and if anything it can bring us closer to him if we so choose. Not that it's required by any means. Just my thoughts of how it is for me.
You asked for examples of religious-inspired hatred, not biblically ordered.There's a difference. I can not debate with you on the questions you asked simply because you are steadfast in your beliefs and are not open to anything different.
No matter what I say, as long as it does not fit into your ideology I will always be wrong to you because you believe that you are living the way God wants you to and that your interpretation of God is the only correct one, and that mine is wrong.
And your last comment was a low blow and you know it.
EDIT: I never gave you examples. As you can see clearly, the Bible not only condones slavery, but also regulates it.
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom. If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him. If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master. But the slave may plainly declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.' If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will belong to his master forever. (Exodus 21:2-6 NLT)
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT)
Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and his teaching will not be shamed. If your master is a Christian, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. You should work all the harder because you are helping another believer by your efforts. Teach these truths, Timothy, and encourage everyone to obey them. (1 Timothy 6:1-2 NLT)