As I was reading some post in the thread entitled
BLACK MAGIC: A DEFINITION
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=32702
..... once again, yet and again, I came to the conlusion that no one can win an issue dealing with Religions. At the best discussing Theology [purpose of religions] makes much more sense.
Ayn Rand: Man cannot change his nature.
But its realization and fulfillment are up to him. Being a man is given to him - remaining a man is not....
I am much more of a Classic Liberal [libertarian] than an objectivist though but Ayn Rand is right here.
Faith will always remain irrational and therefore can be twisted for the best and the worst. And only that should allow us to question the validity of organized religions/sectes.
Faith is irrational because it also evolves with society as anything else, and thus remain a risky tool of interpretation and therefore carry an inherent danger and threat. I am sure that during the Great Inquisition many thought of *It* as a 'fair' way to eliminate those not fitting the system.
Today pro-lifers say that abortion is a crime... but instead of proving that it is not a crime, let's consider the following:
Before the decriminalization of abortion, many women were dying from the consequences linked to clandestine abortion butchery, many of them leaving a full family behind and a husband struggling. Many young women killed themselves because ashamed of being pregnant and afraid of being rejected by the society...
Today such dramatic consequences still would happen, maybe for other reasons. Each era has its criteria guiding a range of reasons.
And more realistically: what would the exact number of orpheans be TODAY if none could ever have aborted? What are the social setbacks would we be facing, as I speak, and considering that orphanages already are filled with thousands/millions of kids waiting for being adopted... not to mention that a intuitively fetus knows when it is TRULY desired and that a child born with the idea of being rejected is already half-doomed, will succumb addiction of all kinds and deliquence more easily than the average.
Every good action has it counter-action, which is negative and *otherwise*. 'The Right vs Wrong Concept' basically is erroneous therefore. The Ying and Yang rule the Universe. So here we are: only Rational Thinking [which I see like Trojan Horse] can TELL us what to do. And Rational Thinking starts with Self-Responsibility.
Mentalities definitely change. A while ago as I was debating the future prospects of society, claiming that soon enough there would be legal and non addictive drugs for us, humans, in order to cope better with the daily stress or just feel better, many thought of me as madwoman for adopting such views... but no later than yesterday, an article in the NEW YORK MAGAZINE proved my point. Here it is:
Pill Culture Pops
With the stigma attached to mood-improving (not to mention sex-life-improving) drugs all but gone, New Yorkers are becoming their own Dr. Feelgoods, self-medicating as never before. Inside the new (totally respectable) drug scene.
By Ariel Levy
(Photo credit: Chago Akii-Bua & Brian Jones)
Sound the alarm. there’s a new drug epidemic in town. And most of the city wants in on it. “In certain circles of New York, it’s just regular table conversation,” says a 37-year-old publisher. “I was at lunch with clients the other day—it was a totally professional situation—and I mentioned that I have to give a speech at my parents’ fortieth wedding anniversary. I said, ‘I’ve got to get some Klonopin; I’m going to be so uptight.’ Somebody else said, ‘Oh, I always take a Klonopin before a big presentation.’ One thing led to the next, and soon everyone at the table was talking about how they’re on Xanax or Klonopin or Vicodin. No one wants to go through the hassle of seeing a psychiatrist because they don’t necessarily feel there’s anything wrong with them. It’s just the way life is in New York: Everyone’s stressed about something.”
We have entered the golden age of self-medication. Drugs have become like hair products or cosmetics: This is brain styling, not mind altering. The early buzz was that Prozac makes you a different person—changes you fundamentally, if subtly. But, habitual drug users that we are, we know that’s not true. You’re you on meds, only less freaky and more well-rested.
We have been listening to Prozac now for over ten years. In that time, SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, in case you’re not on one) have become as socially acceptable as Sudafed. Not that long ago, the only people who used prescription drugs for their mental health were the deeply and obviously messy. At that time (the crack epidemic still raged), you wouldn’t have talked to your colleagues about what you took for insomnia, you bummed cigarettes off your friends instead of Ativan, and it might not even have occurred to you to take a pill for your garden-variety depression or anxiety. Now the question is not “Should I take something?” It’s “Am I taking enough?” Or “Am I taking the right one[s]?” And any lingering doubts we had about drugging our way to better mental health seem to have been washed away in the past two dark years.........
http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/features/n_8763
CONCLUSION:
What is better?
1]letting the drug cartels and the phony drug war continue to damage society as a whole, when Drug Lords remain alive and well.
2]encouraging the Industry to persue their 'feel good research' and enhacing prevention?
INDEED THE DILEMMA IS REAL!
Serving Freedom
and Liberty
