I don't have anything against this stuff [well I do, but I'm not going to rant about morals to them as to each their own], but
I was just talking vaguely talking about weed/smoking in general as something I wouldn't do.
I have to admit I was a bit curious when I read this... You bring up that something about marijuana is not 'moral', but I'm not quite sure I understand what you have against it. (I know the first thing you said was "I'm not going to get into it", but after the debate with Zenny, now I'm curious). Is it just a general 'drugs are bad' problem? Is it a 'doing something illegal is inherently amoral' issue?
I don't think the activity is
not moral. What I meant was more loosely the affects it can have on lifestyles if people obviously "abuse" it in the sense that they let it affect their daily lives. I have had a lot of horrific experiences with people who do immoral things because of it. My father died while under intoxication of it. I don't like cigarettes, I don't like weed, I don't like people getting shitfaced because too many people have
died because of the influence of it, that I know. If someone is DOING that, I'm not going to lecture them about it because I feel like if someone thinks they have control of something unless they show consistent behavior against it, my opinion of "hey, you should just stop," doesn't matter.
My mom still smokes cigarettes (
I DO talk to her about it, what, with heart issues, high blood pressure, overweight issues, etc, etc because I don't want my mother to also die to recreational smoking like my father), my brother still does both. Let them live their lives the way they want, but I'm not going to participate in supporting that behavior that becomes an important part to their lifestyle. The smell of smoke and weed are also wretchedly disgusting. I do not prevent myself with being friends with these people. I do not say "ew, they smoke, I can't be friends with them because they're useless to society," and I don't say "what a bunch of losers"
just because they do that. The legality means absolutely nothing to me.
I just don't like it. And I can still be really good friends with people who DO that, (FE, family in the South where it's 100% commonplace, friends on campus), but I'm not going to lump them into some category off of some stereotype I never even thought about. I was being facetious with the "I doubt it." I've met a fair share of functional and non-functional smokers. It's a big "Meh," and "whatever." When the group does talk about it, rant about it etc. like it's the awesomest thing in the world, I just sit there oblivious and I really have no first-hand experience with it. This leads to the "hah, okay. . ." and listening response.
