Originally Posted by garinda (Post 972922)

You've publicly stated you twice took heroin.

Most people would say that was a bit of a gamble.

Still, I suppose it was lucky you didn't become addicted to smack.

You don't seem to have the right personality and temperament, to have been a successful whore.

Which would have only added to your misery.

Originally Posted by Boeing Guy (Post 974765)

So let me get this straight, you are for the relaxation of the law on Illegal Drugs, but you would like something done about the amount of pornography and Gambling in society, which for the most part is legal.

The reason behind this is the facts that Drugs are damaging to some and addictive as opposed to Pornography and Gambling which is damaging to some and addictive.:rolleyes:

Or did I miss somthing:D

Originally Posted by annesingleton (Post 974763)

I think you are either being deliberately provocative or trying to score points!
From my own perspective, the porn industry tends to exploit the most vulnerable people in society and has strong links to the drugs industry which also exploits the most vulnerable people in society - and at the risk of muddling up threads, I don't feel that legalising either is the answer!

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 974867)

No taking heroin wasn't a gamble!

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 974867)

No taking heroin wasn't a gamble! It was as safe as drinking a bottle of Vodka!

I have no regret at all for any drugs i have taken and am glad I took what I did. At least I know what I'm talking about and I "survived" it!

There is no connection between taking drugs and being a prostitute at all which you seem to be insinuating here!

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 974874)

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 974896)

Making a statement like that tells us that you might have survived so far but the damage has obviously been well and truely done, a fact you keep proving day after day on this site

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 975176)

You are talking nonsense -

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 975176)

You are talking nonsense - if I met you I would be able to match you on any intelligence test. Why should I regret taking drugs, just because people like you keep telling me I'm a bad boy for doing it and that I should be suffering because of it! Which is the attitude you have - you can't get it into your heads that a large percentage of people who have taken some reacreational drugs are not damaged by it! People have done more damage to my life than any drugs have ever done.

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 975176)

You are talking nonsense - if I met you I would be able to match you on any intelligence test. Why should I regret taking drugs, just because people like you keep telling me I'm a bad boy for doing it and that I should be suffering because of it! Which is the attitude you have - you can't get it into your heads that a large percentage of people who have taken some reacreational drugs are not damaged by it! People have done more damage to my life than any drugs have ever done.

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 974868)

What I am saying is that porn and gambling can harm an individual as drugs can. Just commenting that they have allowed more of these 2 "products" onto our TV sets - so they are saying that the public can get addicted to Porn and Gambling that's OK! But Drugs if you get caught we'll punish you!

I think that's hypocritical.

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 974870)

Thing with drugs they are not all for the same purposes - all drugs don't make people sell their bodies for crack and other stereo-typical attitudes about it.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 975662)

It seems to me that you have double standards.
You have made a statement, which I have highlighted in red above.
This goes against much of what you have been saying in the thread about illegal drugs.
And then you go on to say:-

The drugs you are keen to legalise, you tell us, are safe for recreational purposes.

I think that you are operating double standards here.
Gambling and pornography are no better that taking recreational drugs(I'm not saying that they are any worse either).....but it seems to me that you have advocated that responsible people, should be allowed to get their recreational highs in any way that they see fit.
Yet here you are, pontificating about the gambling and pornography that is available on TV.
What bit of pornography and gambling are you worried about? That because it is on TV it is accessible to children? My TV has parental lock on it....that alone would not stop a teenager from viewing such stuff as it is freely available on the internet.

This is not a personal insult to you(I am just saying it as I see it)......but I think it is time you got down from your high horse. It is clear that there isn't enough oxygen up there for you to function properly.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 976876)

I don't think that I have attacked you....I might be considered as attacking your logic and your argument.......I don't think I have slated you personally.

If you use even the simplest things in life wrongly, then you are in danger.

Every aspect of life has a risk attached to it....getting up every morning we do not know what we are to be faced with in that day.

The porn channels that you talk about, do not air in this country until very late...some are in the early hours of the morning....so young children, in the homes where parents are responsible, will be unlikely to be affected by them...and as I say the newer TV's have parental lock on them.
Porn of all kinds can be accessed via the internet at any time day or night....but then again responsible parents will try to minimise the risk to their teens by having some sort of parental lock on the sites that can be visited......even this is not foolproof.

We can only arm our children by giving them good role models and sound moral backgrounds.....this becomes harder for parents every day.

Back to drugs again....just because some drug users(who you perhaps think were responsible users) live to what you consider to be a good age, does not give weight to the argument that they are safe.

For every person you cite to have lived to a good age, there must be hundreds of people who have died early because of use of drugs......OK, many of these will not have hit the headlines because they were not famous....so it does skew the figures a bit.

There is no responsibility in using illegal drugs every person who uses illegal drugs leaves themselves open to the possibility of addiction to harder drugs and or mental illness.

I don't want to visit this drug argument/discussion again...it is a waste of my time, which is precious(and I might not have much left).