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To: coloradan
What I don't understand, is why it has to be "mind altering" to be enjoyed. I'm not picking a fight; I really don't understand. Please enlighten me.
65 posted on 11/19/2001 2:28:46 PM PST by lonestar
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To: lonestar
What I don't understand, is why it has to be "mind altering" to be enjoyed. I'm not picking a fight; I really don't understand. Please enlighten me.

That depends on what you mean by "mind-altering." Reading a book might be "mind altering" depending on what the book says - and there are some people who would like to be able to ban such books. Alcohol isn't exactly "mind-altering" in the usual sense, but people enjoy it. (And, it used to be banned but isn't any more.) Is bungee jumping "mind-altering"? How about dreaming?

Please define exactly what you mean by mind-altering, and we can take it from there. But, be careful! Things like watching TV or having sex causes brain waves to become measurably different from its ordinary, waking patterns - so be sure you don't mean "changes brain wave patterns" in your definition, unless you would ban TV and sex as well.

245 posted on 11/19/2001 3:28:04 PM PST by coloradan
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