Or pain- actual- plus the control of drugs. Alcohol has caused so many problems, looking backwards, and still does for some. And parents in my generation sought to over-socialize us with liquor- our parties were mini-versions of theirs- even the nuns provided our tea dances and balls with a wet bar- so many married the wrong person! But this program-PBS-stated that alcoholism only affected 10% of the population. Guess I didn't get "around" to the other 90%.
On Oct 11, 5:35 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like to see decriminalisation and public availability of most of > the weaker drugs. I suspect the moral is channeled into looking down > on vice instead of the actually more obvious evils like poverty. > > On Oct 10, 7:16 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I learned some more about my parent's generation while watching > > "Prohibition"- a film by Ken Burns on PBS. A few more pieces to add to > > the jigsaw. I can see why they tightened the reins, so to speak. Maybe > > this is a factor between generations- sort of a see-saw- regarding > > behavior, expectations, mores- but I think it also exisits between > > classes and other distinctions within society. > > > What do you think? > > > Also- what about legalizing marijuana and other soft recreational > > drugs and taxing them? Might be at least one boost to the ecomony/ > > revenue. If someone wants to over-do anything, they will, so are we > > repeating the mistakes of Prohibition? > > > Why do you think people have emotional "blind spots"? Trauma or > > ignorance...or both?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
