| bardicverse said: @esmoreit - 1. unsure yet, waiting for more info. they have to autopsy etc. As for your 2nd question, its conjecture, so we will never know 2 & 3. Technology and regressing behavior are not the same. Your behavior does not affect technological progress, unless you are an inventor or otherwise contributing to building new technology. We are very much so regressing. People had priorities other than their own selfish baking of themselves. I think you'll never understand this until you've walked a mile in another person's shoes. I used to be a teacher in a very poor urban neighborhood, at times ranked the 3rd most dangerous city in the USA. I've seen mothers, fathers, grandparents even, come in, high as hell, to PTA meetings to discuss their kid's academics. The kids are neglected by their drug abusing parents, and they in turn have no one to turn to. They are afraid of having their parents reported for this, and they often deny their parents are neglecting them, out of fear. I understand that its easy to look at the world from a very "leftist" viewpoint when you're in your university years, but once you go out and actually walk through this beautiful planet and see how messed up and disgusting society is, you'll know what I was talking about. Its a sad reality that will hit you in time. I once shared similar viewpoints to you, but you'll see. I can't explain any further until you get out there. |
I wouldn't suggest generalizing this discussion into a left/righ political stance. Since I know many people on both sides of the political spectrum that have various view points of the issue (in fact look above in this thread and TheRealMafoo has a pro-legalize drug stance despite being one of the most right wing advocates on this site).
I would also attribute a majority of social problems on poverty, not drug abuse. Since it appears that people living in poverty are more likely to be drug abusers (alcohol and smoking included), so the drug abuse is clearly an effect of social standing, not the other way around.
One other benefit of legalizing drugs is by making drugs less taboo, getting help for addicts will be easier because you are able to remove a large level of fear that may be held by anyone living with unwanted addiction.
