End the holy war

[entheofarm]

http://www.csp.org/docs/CSPamiciUDV200509.pdf

 

interesting points if you have the time to read it

[mull]

Archbishop Barragan, " The Vatican is opposed to the legalization of any drugs, even soft drugs such as cannabis,

because it considers their use incompatible with Christian morality"

 

 

The Single Treaty on Narcotics1961 states in it's preamble that.....

"addiction to narcotic drugs constitutes a serious evil for the individual

and is fraught with social and economic danger to mankind,

Conscious of their duty to prevent and combat this evil,..."

 

 

"All Drugs are Evil... They are evil, all of them,

and there should be an uncompromising social condemnation of drugs," PM John Howard. Sept 2007

 

 

Hi lightning and littlbit hope it goes ok today.

Excuse me rounding up some quotes there.

 

Can remember Howard making that last quote..

 

Drugs are evil, all of them, wow. Would seem a straightforward, political-hypocritical statement of ignorance, with the added 'power word', evil.

If he had of said all drugs just aren't very nice;

Or, all drugs can have a negative side;

No power behind the statement.

 

So the power must be 'belief' or 'faith'(submission to) in the power word - evil.

Or what the word represents to the individual - from whichever set of religious belief held.

Howard was preaching then to Australian public, so he must have expected a common held belief in 'evil' and drugs.

(also countries were being invaded for being the axis of evil, so there must be some power on either side..)

 

Did and still do find the statement funny because of its stupidity. There's no power in that word to me.

In fact I pass vans with 'wicked' painted on them every day. Are these penance cars or something?

Should I uncompromisingly, socially condemn the drivers??

It's not illegal to be evil.

It's not legal to be good.

These things are judgments people believe in, or not, and vastly separate just like the rainbow of gods, daemons and imagination/superstition of humanity.

 

Thus seeing the second quote is a concern, as the single treaty on narcotics, does have 'faith' in 'evil'.

Obviously our leaders have faith in the treaty too.. is the word ratified?? (maybe they own the wicked vans)

 

'Good' looking out guys, best of 'luck' battling this 'evil' unjust holy war. (is luck a cultural power word to?.. hope its not evil.. praps bad luck is evil..

always thought luck was just the anglo version of 'karma'..)

 

Belief and faith are the same thing. People with 'faith' gods, 'submit' to those gods and believe a history which has been written of, or spoken of them.

Not entirely unreasonable either, as this is always done by trusted elders and charismatic teachers.

 

Cannabis you can see, touch, taste, smell, absorb into your body. What you believe it does for your spirit, is almost always 'good'.

The only evil it brings, is 'fear' of persecution for using it. (and real physical persecution)

Evil produces 'fear', to ratify belief in certain gods too. But the gods aren't here, only the belief in them.

Cannabis is really here.

Therefore cannabis persecution is the only objective evil in this situation.

[lightning]

well said murra

good brief entheo think we might quote that one