I don't consider a person getting f^&*ed up on drugs to be "free". Just the opposite, as a matter of fact. So maybe you'll want to rephrase that.
Something like, "Let's see how many conservatives are believers in irresponsible, selfish hedonism."
I don't give a damn if you think it's "irresponsible, selfish hedonism". Freedom means freedom from others, freedom from people like you that believe they know what is best for everyone else.
Mind your own damn business and mind mine.
you aren't free unless you're also free to choose to run yourself into the ground.
I totally agree with you! I had used drugs for 28 years and I(with the help of my sister)was 'turned on' to pot when I was 7 and that was all they wrote. If forgetting what you were going to do in 10 seconds or less is regeneration of brain cells well it has taken 32 years to happen. I am 38 and will have 3 years clean in January of 2005. I have had more fun and learned more in the last 3 years than I have in the 28 years I was using.I am currently working on my Masters and hold a 3.4 grade average. When I was in 'high school' I was smoking pot only and dropped out 3 months before graduation. I guess I felt I had to take a break while my brain cells regenerated. Smoking in general reduces oxygen to the brain. No oxygen, brain dies. Now that's a fact. How about the feelings one has when they are out of it and has to wait to get more? FUNK!!!