Posted by SLS on October 18, 2011, at 14:47:34
In reply to Re: Just a thought... » SLS, posted by Chairman_MAO on October 18, 2011, at 12:19:52
> > > > Some people look to escape their normal consciousness by using mind altering drugs. I wish they would understand how desperate we are to arrive where they have left.
> The best combination was phenelzine + dextroamphetamine + buprenorphine. Are those not mind-altering drugs?
Okay.
If one defines mental illness as an altered state of consciousness (which I do), then one can view the drugs that change the course of these illnesses as being mind-altering. In common usage, I thought that "mind-altering" usually referred to hallucinogens.
> I understand your sentiments. I don't know that things are that simple, though.
> Who owns my body besides me?
How old does one have to be to make decisions as to what they can do to their bodies?
> > My business? Have I suggested that any kind of action be taken? I simply expressed my thoughts and feelings about something that I have my own reactions to. How I feel about things is certainly my business, and I am granted the privilege here to express my sentiments as you are yours.
> I am not sure how you took that statement to imply that you did not have a right to express yourself here,
"What one chooses to do with his body is nobody else's business"
What did I write that prompted you to say that?
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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