Re: We didn't start the fire? was Re: Alignment and 4E


"Seebs" <usenet-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 2008-06-17, Malachias Invictus <invictusebay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I do. Drug prohibition is largely supported by religious moralists.

And even more largely supported by drug dealers

Prohibition is what *creates* black market drug dealers.

and sellers of competing products.

True.

There is a widespread rumor that the original impetus to ban the plant
with THC in it was concerted lobbying by *cotton farmers* -- who didn't
want
the competition from hemp fiber.

I have heard similar rumors regarding the paper and oil industries.

Drug
prohibition is a strong reason why experiments with what are considered
"recreational drugs" are difficult to set up, especially for measuring
such
ephemeral things as spiritual experiences.

There are tons you can use for such experiments still, and really, I don't
think it's a religious question to begin with.

Oh, I do not think it is either.

It's a political and economic question, into which some gullible religious
people have been coopted.

That sounds about right. Then again, lots of political and economic agendas
are moved forward by gullible religious people.

--
^v^v^Malachias Invictus^v^v^

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll,
I am the Master of my fate:
I am the Captain of my soul.

from _Invictus_, by William Ernest Henley


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