Everybody Must Get Stoned
Otto
ottosell at googlemail.com
Fri Dec 11 09:31:07 CST 2009
2009/12/11 Carvill, John <john.carvill at sap.com>:
>
> << The impression I was left with after reading IV was that smoking dope
> for Larry is like drinking coffee or chewing gum. It's no big deal.
> The distinction between 'stoned' and 'not stoned' is irrevelant; >>
>
> The impression I get from reading jbor's posts is that he has never been stoned in his life.
>
But why in heaven get personal about that?
Rob offered an "impression" which might be correct or might be wrong,
I tend to the opinion that he's right, I liked those "dos centavos",
especially the thought that it might be "the quest to restore Coy with
his family which drives Larry onwards".
>
> << notions of addiction or psychological, intellectual or physiological
> ill effects don't factor into it. The buzz he gets from smoking dope
> is just Larry's natural state of mind. Live and let be. >>
>
> Indeed they don't. There's no such thing as marijuana addiction.
>
I'm not so sure about that, John.
Afroman - Because I Got High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hOtsHOZVLc
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