Posted on 08/19/2009 10:53:47 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
Edited on 08/20/2009 5:51:05 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Wow, I was just the other day thinking about the night in high school when friends of mine and I got drunk and went to the IAH terminal around midnight and made our way onto a 727 parked at a gate.
I went into the cockpit and sat in the left seat. I made a joke about finding the keys and they, apparently not all trusting of my aviation skills took off running down terminal C.
Around ten minutes later, I walked past them as they were being questioned by IAH security.
I'm not saying folks should drop acid. I'm just saying that the chemical itself is NOT the cause of the problems that the media like to associate with it. It's people's actions, and the circumstances in which the people act and react.
It's no different with a six-pack of beer. You can sit at home and drink a couple of beers, talk with a few friends, have a good time, and toddle off to bed. Or you can have those beers at a wild party and decide to do something stupid like shoot firearms and drag-race your car. The beer is not the cause of your injuries and arrest, your actions are.
Millions of people dropped acid over the years with no adverse reactions, because they did so in safe surroundings with friends who helped keep them from doing stupid things.
What you say about the ER is certainly true. But it's not the chemical compound at fault, it's the people. Blaming personal irresponsibility and stupid actions on a drug (whatever the drug) is a cop-out. If one is so weak that one can't take responsibility for oneself, and one doesn't have friends to help out, then one should not do drugs, any drugs.
Unfortunately, as you correctly point out, a lot of people do, who shouldn't.
I note that people who think they can get away with it start with one premise (LSD) and switch to another premise (various street drugs) hoping no one will notice their deceit.
But blue M&Ms will heal your spine.
It all balances out.
[color-wise, any way]...:)
Some people just never stop living the rumor. ;^)
Ahh the power of positive drinking.
Nowadays we would be in prison for that airport stuff.
Damn! That's way above my league. My hat is off to the fellow you're describing -- I can't imagine doing that. No matter how hard I try.
Damn...
From SNL’s Ask President Carter
Walter Cronkite: ...Looks like you’ve been doing your homework, Mr. President. I’d like to take this opportunity to say that none of these calls are screened, that the people of America are talking directly with the President. Our next call comes from a man who calls himself Dr. Midnight.
President Jimmy Carter: Hello, Dr. Midnight.
Dr. Midnight (on phone): Is Rosalyn there! I really like her!
Walter Cronkite: Alright, sir, thank you very much for calling..
Dr. Midnight (on phone): Hey, Cronkite! You stupid motherfu..
[ Carter jumps out of his chair to disconnect Dr. Midnight’s call ]
Walter Cronkite: Thank you, Mr. President, ha ha! Our next call is Peter Elkin of Westbrook, Oregan, whom I am told is 17 years of age.
Peter (on phone): Hello? Hello?
President Jimmy Carter: Yes. Hello, Peter?
Peter (on phone): Is this the President?
President Jimmy Carter: Yes, it is.
Walter Cronkite: Do you have a question for the President?
Peter (on phone): Uh.. I, uh.. I took some acid.. I’m afraid to leave my apartment, and I can’t wear any clothes.. and the ceiling is dripping, and uh.. I, uh..
Walter Cronkite: Well, thank you very much for calling, sir..
President Jimmy Carter: Just a minute, Walter, this guy’s in trouble. I think I better try to talk him down. Peter?
Peter (on phone): Yeah..?
President Jimmy Carter: Peter, what did the acid look like?
Peter (on phone): They were these little orange pills.
President Jimmy Carter: Were they barrel shaped?
Peter (on phone): Uh.. yes.
President Jimmy Carter: Okay, right, you did some orange sunshine, Peter.
Peter (on phone): Very good of you to know that, sir.
President Jimmy Carter: How long ago did you take it, Peter?
Peter (on phone): Uh.. I don’t know. I can’t read my watch.
President Jimmy Carter: Alright, Peter, just listen. Everything is going to be fine. You’re very high right now. You will probably be that way for about five more hours. Try taking some vitamin B complex, vitamin C complex.. if you have a beer, go ahead and drink it..
Peter (on phone): Okay..
President Jimmy Carter: Just remember you’re a living organism on this planet, and you’re very safe. You’ve just taken a heavy drug. Relax, stay inside and listen to some music, Okay? Do you have any Allman Brothers?
Peter (on phone): Yes, I do, sir. Everything is okay, huh Jimmy?
President Jimmy Carter: It sure is, Peter. You know, I’m against drug use myself, but I’m not going to lay that on you right now. Just mellow out the best you can, okay?
Peter (on phone): Okay..!
President Jimmy Carter: Okay.
Walter Cronkite: Well, thank you, Mr. President. Our time is up for this week, but let me remind you that it is now time to buy your tickets for the first annual “I Slept At The White House” lottery, on sale at federal office buildings everywhere.
President Jimmy Carter: I figure there’s no harm in trying, Walt. The tickets are only a dollar, and maybe someone out there will win an all-expense paid trip to spend the night here with us in Washington. Good night!
Walter Cronkite: Good night, thank you very much.
No, they did not let him keep his sheet of acid and the day after he was bailed out of jail, he bailed out of town, never to be seen again.
That was more than 20 years ago. My guess is that by now he is dead as he had been doing LSD and meth every day for around a month before his arrest.
He was a real smart person, working on his PhD in physics and then started on the speed and LSD and away his mind went.
In all actuality, the meth was the problem.
It was a heck of a catch phrase, I was just thinking of it again recently.
“TOTAL GLOBAL THERMAL NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION!”
LOL, great find.
I would agree. Extended use of LSD will create some mental disconnection, but extended use of meth will kill you, or worse, make you really really REALLY wish you were dead.
Acid scatters, but speed kills.
Yeah, I told my 19 year old son about that IAH thing and he thought it was a riot. And then I had to explain that back in 1983 that was perfectly acceptable behavior and if he wanted to copy his old man, that he would end up in Gitmo for the next 65 years.
"Just remember you’re a living organism on this planet, and you’re very safe."
That is where I lost it I'm sure. LOL
Tried one illegal drug in my lifetime and many folks here on FreeRepublic call it a harmless drug.
Pot scared the crap out of me, thought I was gonna die. I wasn't going down without a fight, it was ugly until I finally passed out.
I call BS on people that can't grasp that drugs are dangerous to certain people. At 6'4" 230lbs one small joint was enough for me to see that.
An amazing and tragic documentary.
I knew Daniel in the mid 1980’s in Austin and was at the Butthole Surfers where Daniel had that bad trip. Daniel at that time was not all that stable and LSD is not the thing to do if you are not all that stable.
He also cleared up what used to be called “purple haze”, which was rumoured to be not as good as orange sunshine but rumoured to be very cool stuff. He says that his name for it was actually “Monterey purple” but of course we all know that calling it purple haze was inevitable.
Thanks for the name I never knew that, it clears up some mysteries, especially why that field sank in quality so quickly around 1970.( I get the impression that he had stopped producing by then)
I don't think anyone has said that any drug is safe for all people. It is your prerogative to believe what you do based on that one experience. Which you apparently lived through. But other's experiences don't bear out your view nor does simple toxicological assessment of cannabis.
It is hard to discuss this in any greater detail because it isn't appreciated here. This thread has already pushed the envelope.
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