Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob (Post 967931)

The urge to tut-tut and finger wag is a national disease. It almost never goes further than that.

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 967949)

Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll - YouTube

I never said legalise all drugs! I was just bringing up the subject for debate. It's a very complicated issue...bla! bla! Back to square one!

Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob (Post 967905)

I rather feel that I should add a codicil or qualifier to statements I made earlier in this thread. My advocacy of the decriminalisation of controlled substances is predicated on a general move towards a society where the individual takes responsibility for the whole of his or her life, and where the intrusion of the state into the lives of citizens is reduced to the absolute practical minimum.

This is not an easy path to take, but I do feel that it is the only realistic path for a stable and balanced society. In the case of those partial to indulgence in what are at present controlled substances, the information is out there for you to make an informed choice. Whether you choose to take the opportunity to study the effects of your chosen poison or ignore the advice offered must be your choice and your choice alone; as also must be the acceptance of the consequences of your choices, whatever they may be.

I see it as the state's role to enable its citizens, not control them. Consequently, under such a system any illness resulting from free choice would not be treated by the NHS in the way it is now, but would rather entail additional charges for whatever treatment was deemed appropriate.

In short: the dumping of the nanny state would mean greater freedoms but it would also mean that nanny would no longer be there to kiss and make it better when it all goes wrong.

I hope I have made that clearer.

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 967949)

I never said legalise all drugs! I was just bringing up the subject for debate. It's a very complicated issue...bla! bla! Back to square one!

Originally Posted by Michael1954 (Post 967953)

OK, just for clarification, are there any drugs that you would legalise and, if so, which?

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 967969)

Well Edwina Curry once said "Eggs" were bad fer us,:D she was supposed to be credible.;)

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 967964)

OK I said I wasn't going to use this forum but I am cleaning out my e-mail account and everytime someone posts I read it and...well fact is the Internet is a drug just like many other things!

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 967993)

At the end of the day your basically focusing personally on me instead of the issues! I'm glad your so keen on listing my faults when ignoring your own! Your like a stuck record mate!

On the subject of your grange hill video I notice the date is 1986! Strange that 2 years latter the country was ablaze with Acid House parties - so the record didn't have much impact.