All You Need Is Love

[Paulzric@aol.com]

Hi. It's me again. 
I posted a supra-conservative, deliberately preachy, and what I thought 
was a more or less transparent devil's advocate treatise on pot. I 
demonized it and it was fun to write, but, my GOD, the responses... Anyone 
who knows me would have giggled at what I wrote.

I have since received personal threats, been called a "bub," and "idiot," 
a "motherfucker," and been cursed up and down
both in public and privately.

I'm not about to share any more of my real feelings with this group 
because #1) apparently it's not safe to, #2) this group is really a place 
to discuss techy stuff, as it is not volatile subject matter. I will say 
this, though. I'm not recinding my considerations of THC, but they're 
certainly not in any way complete. I have lot's to say about power plants, 
but not here. Not ever again here. (Yeay!!!)

I could as easily have written something that was purely in favor of it. 
There's the issue of taxation, medicinal use, over-population of prisons 
due to petty crimes, and the whole mind/body/spirit connection. I tried, 
actually, but it came too late and I was jaded during its writing due to 
the overwhelming negativity.

Maybe that is the grumpiness Mark mentioned, I don't know.

I am pleased that many took me as someone that had obviously
"never tried it before" and was likened to a blind person. That means that 
my writing is pretty convincing. Someone told
me to shut up and play my guitar. Good advice, but Zappa said
it best!

In summary, I'm really shocked, however, that a multi-faceted topic and a 
reflection of one of these angles could draw such vehemence and disdain. I 
can't expect close, critical readings
of internet postings, though. My bad.

I wish you all the best with your musical trials and tribulations, but I 
must admit that I am sad that there is not more love here and elsewhere; 
love for conservatives, liberals, teachers, poets, engineers, fellow 
musicians, and each other's opinions. I did not personally attack anyone 
but was attacked en masse by a whole swarm of stinging words. 
I said "only drug users will defend using drugs" but didn't
anticipate that they'd attack as well.
 
Oh, and that they are a cop-out. "Cop" out... No one saw that, though. I 
choose my words as carefully as my notes. I'll
try harder, next time. Seems I'd better or else. But if anyone
would like to continue to verbally attack me...please listen to some 
Beatles. Come to think of it, though, please steer clear of Helter 
Skelter, 'K? 
:)
Good-bye.