Taking mock compassion too far.

[poddster]

Ok we have had the "Poor Illegal Refugee" the "Poor Dole Bludger" the "Poor whatever" thread so now what about the "Poor Self Inflicted Addict" thread.

We may as well add them to the taxpayers  burden as well. We can cater for their "special needs" out of the bottomless pit of our national debt.

[chuk_77]

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@poddster wrote:

I would like to have an indepth discussion with a person like that.

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as long as there is no one around, you might look a bit silly talking to yourself

[poddster]

There are lots here who do it all the time, do they fall into that caegory? Hmmmmm.......

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

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@poddster wrote:

 the good old 'it happens to other people'

That is the biggest problem.

But to say that starting on the road to addiction without knowing that there is a very high risk of happening just won't wash, no one can be that stupid. It is a well known fact with lots of evidence and examples of what can and does happen.

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Yes, but its all relative, isnt it?

What you seem to see as rationale to not to take drugs in the first place, might not even factor for someone who takes them..and you dont seem to understand that taking drugs and being addicted to them can mean different things to different people, under different circumstances.

I know someone who became an addict because he was in a very serious boating accident, and was given oxycontin(sp?)he became addicted to it, then when he was withdrawing from it, tried heroin and developed a serious long term addiction to it.

Maybe he was weak, maybe he didnt didnt consider the long term effects- not every one at 17 does..

I wish he wasnt an addict, but I have compassion to know that he does also. 

There are several here who seem to think that addicts are hopeless and useless- its not true of all..

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

hi jimmy 

[jimmy*part4]

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@poddster wrote:

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@*pepe wrote:

inabiity to cope with agonising pain in their life and looking for an escape is one....

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So they are introducing a greater problem to alleviate a smaller one.

Like getting into a vehicle that they know that the wheels will drop off, the brakes fail, no steering, and heading for the edge of a cliff with the doors unable to be opened, just so that they don't have to walk in the rain.

Does that make any sense?

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That's wrong. While a person is in agonizing pain an addiction to a drug is a smaller problem. It's easy to say it's not....when you're pain free.

[jimmy*part4]

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@youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit wrote:

hi jimmy 

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Hello! ~:-)

[joz*garage]

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@poddster wrote:

That's odd Rosie, I feel vibrant, energetic, enthusiastic and have a positive outlook, I have no addictions, no illnesses, no financial problems, no debts, I do as I please when I please, I have many enjoyable activities, I am never bored, I have no allergies, no aches or pains.

So you may be right, I am dead and in heaven 🙂

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admit it poddy, you're addicted to internet juice just like anybody else on here, which isn't entirely good for you, and you know it, but you still lap it up. 

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@poddster wrote:

Google is your friend too Ele, not only Rosie's 🙂

But I have a sneaking suspicion that you are well aware of that particular phrase 

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You are right, Poddy. I do know what it means - it was a phrase coined by Edward Bulwer-Lytton who  used it in one of his novels to refer to the lower classes.

But, you see, Bulwer-Lytton was a Baron and  to him anyone who was not an aristocrat automatically fell into that category. How then could I possibly  assume you would use his expression in the same sense he did? After all, unless you have an odd Duke or two tucked away in your pedigree, any reference you might make to "The Great Unwashed, would have  to include yourself, wouldn't it?

[poddster]

Joz, someone has to add some sanity to this forum otherwise they will all develop an unbreakable addiction to forming a daisy chain of patting each other on the back. 🙂

Can you imagine anything worse ?

[poddster]

In fact Ele it is not a duke but a Baron in my direct linage. 🙂

You see Ele at times fact is stranger than fiction 🙂