buddy wrote:you are also an admitted frequent and long term user of lsd which you claim is bad for your brain and a head twister. that tends to make me question the validity of your take on the whole thing.
Back up a second, I'm a psychadelic drug user - so that negates my (informed and adult) opinion? If you can qualify that statement I'll agree with you, otherwise I think you should retract it, think again about what the thread is about and perhaps apologise? Maybe you're just an ass, or maybe you didn't mean to come accross like someone who would dare have the brass balls cheek to try and say that an LSD user's "take" on anything shouldn't be valid - perhaps while on the drug but I can assure you I would not be on a forum posting while on LSD. A disgraceful thing to say in this day in age imo, but perhaps I'm picking you up wrong? Hope so. You are fully welcome to your opinion but you should know I hold it in seriously low regard, but then again "I'm a drug user, I shouldn't be listened to" according to you're line of thinking, anyway.
Buddy, I also find your comment on "the unbalanced few" quite alarming, are you a doctor? have you checked the deceased's mental health record before jumping in with both feet assuming they were all "unbalanced"!? People sometimes freak out when tripping, but you'd have them committed the way you're talking (are you secretely David Blunkett!?). I know some perfectly balanced people who don't take mushrooms because it upsets their head, you must go down a storm at parties, I suspect you're the type to offend an entire room with one breath.
Puffin - thomaskmfdm had said they grow wild in the netherlands. No mention of indoor cultivation
Kathar wrote:I'm not sure I agree with a total ban on shrooms, but I think something had to be done about the way they were being marketed.
I agree and that's kinda what I was trying to say, before I was so rudely told that my drug habit negates my opinion
but I don't think that you can't have a middle road, you either allow people to do it, or you don't. It's a case of pick one and stick with it. Now, going against Buddy's sentiment, I'd have to say that someone who has used and does use such products would be in a much better position to comment on the subject, rather that some politician who once didn't inhale, and being said user, I don't think it should be something you buy off the high street, some sort of mail order and for use in your own home type affair, that'll seperate the casual ("I'm just doing it because they say it's legal here") types to the serious users.
Noonansboy - "once less asshole in the world"
Fucking terrible thing to say, hope yer proud! The lack of feeling and understanding in this thread is absolutley astounding, you'd much rather comment on an event you know nothing about by saying it's ruining your fun (think of the family/children/dogs/ANYTHING other than yourself for a second) than actually offer sympathy. Not directly singling you out here by the way, it's something I've read alot of people say on this board and I've finally been offended enough to say something.
I know it may be difficult for some to understand, but perfectly "normal" people can try mushrooms for the 1st time and shit themselves thin through being terrified. Even experienced users can get a bit lost sometimes, I refuse to believe that everyone who has had a bad experience, done something stupid or whatever on mushrooms is an asshole who doesn't deserve anybody's sympathy. I know it's tough to see both sides because somebody is telling you that you shouldn't be allowed these because of somebody else's actions. I also don't agree with that (see my mail order idea further back in this post), but a bit of sympathy would go a long way.
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