Re: OFFTOPIC Drugs/I am drugs

[Guest guest]

With all the unmotivated and pointless posts from the mostly (meaning

there are exceptions) family-oriented culturally conservative

demographic of this list proclaiming chemical purity, I have to

wonder if this is a competition! If so, being of a competitive bent,

I'll have to up the ante a bit: I've made it to 27 without even

sampling a single alcoholic drink or cigarette. The only

recreational drug I've used is caffeine, and very infrequently, with

a mug of gourmet black tea like Lapsang Souchong when truly called

for.

I hasten to add that I have no particular objections to recreational

drugs, and would have to fully agree with Chris' attitude towards

them; in fact, I often think of my teetotalling as being a

shortcoming in its excessive and unnecessary deviation from human

norms. I don't have any particular reasons to eschew them (no hidden

religious bugaboos or the like) and I don't think twice about the

tiny bits of alcohol in food like kefir, vanilla, or neglected

fruits. To be honest, I'm simply a cognitive heir to Salvador Dali,

who put the matter plainly: " I don't take drugs: I am drugs. " (I

have to add that this is only one of dozens of cases where I read

Dali and feel like it is my own voice speaking...)

For pleasure and diversion through domain-specific manipulation of

bodily input, I can vouch for the infinite store of nuance in tweaks

to the ingredients and proportions of spices in seaweed spice teas,

which surely makes winery seem a sport for uncultured primitives.

Additionally, and possibly simultaneously, the consciousness-altering

resources of the post-Cage/Varese//Ayler musical avant-garde

are probably unmatched in their union of intensity and safety, though

perhaps no less financially burdensome than their crude chemical

counterparts. Some options for those who prefer a low-risk lifestyle

free of hobbyist pharmacology and skiing.

Anxious to show I can waste bandwidth as well as the next person,

Mike

SE Pennsylvania