drugs are bad, mmm-kay?
now playing -- Dance of the Infidel by Me'Shell Ndegeocello --
"All the moralistic, pompous trumpeting from the police agencies and the politicians that it's immoral to allow people to have drugs has nothing to do with their real reasons: they're addicts to their political power. Their behavior is totally irresponsible, immoral, and unconstitutional. It's a hoax at the expense of people's suffering, and it's a hoax that perpetuates crime in the streets."
-Allen Ginsburg (click here to read the complete article)
the first time my mother found my filmcase full of pot, i was asked to immediately empty all of its contents and listen to her lecture about the dangers of smoking marijuana. i was then continuously bombarded, interrogated like an Iraqi war prisoner: when did you start smoking? why did you start smoking? where did you get it? who got you started in this? and so forth. i never really got to answer all those questions because she continued putting together words as fast as scatman john. although being on the receiving end of a you-should-know-better lecture isn't exactly included on my list of life's greatest joys, i understood my mother's anger and frustration. in health class, we are given all these fucking pamphlets saying how weed is bad, that it only further poisons our already contaminated society. curriculums are, of course, issued and approved by CHED, which is, coincidentally, a government organization. hmmm. we all know how trustworthy our government is right?
i think that the 'illegal' tag placed on controlled substances such as marijuana should be taken off because ironically, it will only produce more addicts. people are intrigued by the notion of breaking the law because they've spent their whole lives trying to adhere to these rules. there's that sense of adrenaline rush when we get away with trouble. we are drawn to things that are forbidden; if God had never mentioned to adam that eating the apple from the tree was prohibited, he probably wouldn't have given a shit about it in the first place.
God gave us manna, the bread of life, but he also left us some marijuana. do whatever you want with it.
"All the moralistic, pompous trumpeting from the police agencies and the politicians that it's immoral to allow people to have drugs has nothing to do with their real reasons: they're addicts to their political power. Their behavior is totally irresponsible, immoral, and unconstitutional. It's a hoax at the expense of people's suffering, and it's a hoax that perpetuates crime in the streets."
-Allen Ginsburg (click here to read the complete article)
the first time my mother found my filmcase full of pot, i was asked to immediately empty all of its contents and listen to her lecture about the dangers of smoking marijuana. i was then continuously bombarded, interrogated like an Iraqi war prisoner: when did you start smoking? why did you start smoking? where did you get it? who got you started in this? and so forth. i never really got to answer all those questions because she continued putting together words as fast as scatman john. although being on the receiving end of a you-should-know-better lecture isn't exactly included on my list of life's greatest joys, i understood my mother's anger and frustration. in health class, we are given all these fucking pamphlets saying how weed is bad, that it only further poisons our already contaminated society. curriculums are, of course, issued and approved by CHED, which is, coincidentally, a government organization. hmmm. we all know how trustworthy our government is right?
i think that the 'illegal' tag placed on controlled substances such as marijuana should be taken off because ironically, it will only produce more addicts. people are intrigued by the notion of breaking the law because they've spent their whole lives trying to adhere to these rules. there's that sense of adrenaline rush when we get away with trouble. we are drawn to things that are forbidden; if God had never mentioned to adam that eating the apple from the tree was prohibited, he probably wouldn't have given a shit about it in the first place.
God gave us manna, the bread of life, but he also left us some marijuana. do whatever you want with it.
posted by paolo at 2:53 PM
1 Comments:
dude your back from the dead! that sucks that you got one of those "talks" sucks!
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