Why do people want to control what other people do ? They think they just know better. My experiences with MJ and hash (and other drugs) are somewhat different from yours. Your example sounds a lot like as if that roommate of yours was a teenage wannabee pothead, with not much experience with the stuff anyway. I think you are generalising too much.
I like to go walk outdoors on a sunny day, smoke a coupla joints and watch clouds as they go. I don't think that any police- or other man has rigth to say to me that smoking this natural product that grows in trees (bushes, actually) is not rigth.
Cannabis, on earth, has been used for thousands of years. It was criminalized in the 20th century because of _commercial_ reasons. Ever since then very little reliable research material has been let out. Just some time ago publishing of one WHO (not the band) report that stated that cannabis is much less dangerous for humans than tobacco and alcohol, was delayed for ~6 months for reasons I don't know of.
But things are opening up. Ganja smoking is legal in the Netherlands. Germany has somewhat loose policy on it (possession of small quantities is not punished). In Switzerland you can buy it from florists. Sooner or later, I hope, majority of people will realize that they have taken the official lie as a truth for decades.
And, by the way, that Quake you said you were so keen to is considered harmful. It takes control of your mind, reprograms you and makes you a one man nazi death squad. Be careful. Also, role-playing games are very dangerous. They turn you into a satans servant. At least thats what I heard. =)
What are you then ? A NERD ? Rest of the world may say whatever they like, but in the domain in which this term (hacker) was born, it still has it's original meaning. This is folklore, and therefore _must_ be preserved. We need to know where all these things come from.
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I like to go walk outdoors on a sunny day, smoke a coupla joints and watch clouds as they go. I don't think that any police- or other man has rigth to say to me that smoking this natural product that grows in trees (bushes, actually) is not rigth.
Cannabis, on earth, has been used for thousands of years. It was criminalized in the 20th century because of _commercial_ reasons. Ever since then very little reliable research material has been let out. Just some time ago publishing of one WHO (not the band) report that stated that cannabis is much less dangerous for humans than tobacco and alcohol, was delayed for ~6 months for reasons I don't know of.
But things are opening up. Ganja smoking is legal in the Netherlands. Germany has somewhat loose policy on it (possession of small quantities is not punished). In Switzerland you can buy it from florists. Sooner or later, I hope, majority of people will realize that they have taken the official lie as a truth for decades.
And, by the way, that Quake you said you were so keen to is considered harmful. It takes control of your mind, reprograms you and makes you a one man nazi death squad. Be careful. Also, role-playing games are very dangerous. They turn you into a satans servant. At least thats what I heard. =)
What are you then ? A NERD ? Rest of the world may say whatever they like, but in the domain in which this term (hacker) was born, it still has it's original meaning. This is folklore, and therefore _must_ be preserved. We need to know where all these things come from.