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What have you done, Bard?

I can't believe I used to think you were cool.

Not that I have much stake in this conversation, but thought I'd fix that for ya.

Thanks, my bad...

See that Majivo?!?!



You're so predictable.... Even when I tell you not to waste time trying to say how we are different, you do it anyway..

You said the following:

I, personally still think recreational drugs are fairly idiotic,

That is a generic statement of drug usage that applies to everyone. If you said "I don't like to use drugs" or "I personally still think it's idiotic for me to take recreational drugs" then you might have a point.

You went on to say

but I don't try to let that stop other people from doing something that they may learn from.

With an emphasis on "learn", which implies that they are doing something wrong, which supports why you think it's idiotic. That is different from simply not liking something.

I'm willing to bet that what happened here was that you were lurking on this thread and didn't say anything because you would be agreeing with me. When it appeared that I changed my position to something silly, you took that opportunity to state your opinion while making it known that we somehow differ.

An example is the following:

Unlike you, however, I don't try to use my opinion to influence others based on the premise "I DUN LIKIT"

If you were paying attention, you would recall that I was being asked multiple times to state my opinion with an explanation and was accused of not stating it clearly before. There was no opinionated influence in my original statement at all. You all asked for my opinion, now you are accusing me of forcing my opinions on others.

Just accept the fact that BARDALICIOUS AGREES WITH ALMALIEQUE

Matter of fact, I'm putting this glorious moment in my newly made sig....

That's twice, you must be one special character..

Well its a **** poor arguement.

I've had some of the best/most entertaining/eye-opening times of my life while in a total spoondangling mess from having ingested one or more drugs.

Why is that 'stupid'?

Have you tried any of them out?

I can't take someone's assessment of something being 'stupid' very seriously if they post multi-paragraph arguments on the internet.

Use does not mean abuse. Unless you consider anyone who drinks a few beers abusers. If not, you're simply stating that illegal drugs are bad due to the fact that they're illegal.

Not answering a question 101.
Also, if it's not a natural feeling, why has humanity been using various forms of drugs for thousands of years?

I don't have a dog in this fight, and my personal experience has been that drugs usually end up ruining peoples lives, but this line struck me. Saying that they may learn something doesn't imply that they are doing something wrong. Not even in the context of his post. I think you're grasping at straws here. I don't necessarily disagree with your overall point, but your trek there and your arguments surrounding it are weird. It seems like you're more interested in "proving" that other people here share your opinion than actually arguing anything factual.

LOLWUT?

Are you implying that mental thought and the firing of neurons is unnatural?


No wonder you resist it so much.

Are suggesting that people drink alcohol for the taste? The purpose of drinking alcohol, with but precious few exceptions, is to get an alcohol buzz. Most alcoholic beverages are an "acquired taste", meaning that you develop an affinity for them only after you've had a decent share. I love a good oatmeal stout, but I wouldn't dare argue that I'd be an avid beer drinker if there wasn't a buzz involved.

To the rest of what you said: what does it matter whether it's a "natural" feeling or not? Something "naturally" occurring within us has nothing to do with whether or not it has merit. That's a strawman argument.

Well, in this particular instance I was trying to prove the similarity more so than my point, just to irritate Bard. People refuse to admit that they may agree with me and I think its quite funny. Which probably explains why my "arguments" around my point sounds weird. Part of it is because we've been hopping around on various topics. As soon as I believe that I solidified a point, I get hit with another unrelated point.



I think you should take a bit more care with reading people's posts, because you've several times badly misread them. I like to think that you're doing it on purpose to troll, but I'm never sure with you.



No one has addressed any misinterpretation. I'm not perfect, so I will make mistakes. Tell me where and how I misread your comments and I will adjust my statements accordingly.



***Edit****
Correction, Belkira addressed a "misinterpretation", but I didn't directly respond to it, because either interpretation doesn't change anything, because I was only joking with Bard anyway.




Reread what I said. It is not natural before it appeals to one of your 5 senses. You will naturally feel hunger, but you wont have an urge to eat a Mc Donalds Double Quarter Pounder with cheese, until that sandwhich has appealed to one of your senses.

Let me reword my statement so we can stay on the concept and not argue about the wording.

There is no equivalent feeling for drugs such as hunger, thirst, tiredness, sex,etc. so you can not compare the two.



How did you guess?





Funny how we reading works. Thanks for supporting my argument.



Don't get high on your own supply.... you wont be a successful businessman that way

Edited, Jul 13th 2010 12:17am by Almalieque

Curiosity may still exist about a substance to skew your thinking, which would ultimately be a drug, but that curiosity isn't a feeling equivalent to hunger, thirst, etc. that naturally occurs to everyone regardless if they ever knew anything about food or water.

Edited, Jul 13th 2010 12:18am by Almalieque